Flit gun

FLIT manual spray pump for insecticides from 1928

A Flit gun is a hand-pumped insecticide sprayer used to dispense FLIT, a brand-name insecticide widely used against flies and mosquitoes between 1928 and the mid-1950s. Although named after the well-known brand, "Flit gun" became a generic name for this type of dispenser.[1] Once commonly found in households, hand-operated Flit guns have been replaced by aerosol spray cans and fallen out of common use.

  1. ^ Will Allen (2008). The War on Bugs. Chelsea Green Publishing. p. 110. ISBN 978-1-933392-46-2.