With the launcher dragging at him, they would get him sooner or later.
"Way of a Rebel"
Walter M. Miller
He squeezed his way up through the narrow conning tower and sat on the small deck, leaning back against the rocket-launcher and dangling his feet in the calm ocean.
"Way of a Rebel"
Walter M. Miller
As a fisherman, Mr. Leslie, R.A., tells us, Walker looked upon the steam-launcher as his natural enemy; and it was while the two friends were on the river together that the incident occurred, and the drawing was decided upon.
"The History of "Punch""
M. H. Spielmann