Blunderbuss

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A short musket of wide bore and flaring muzzle, formerly used to scatter shot at close range.
  • n. A person regarded as clumsy and stupid.
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  • n. An old style of muzzleloading firearm and early form of shotgun with a distinctive short, large caliber barrel that is flared at the muzzle, therefore able to fire scattered quantities of nails, stones, shot, etc. at short range.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A short gun or firearm, with a large bore, capable of holding a number of balls, and intended to do execution without exact aim.
  • n. A stupid, blundering fellow.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A short gun or firearm with a large bore and funnel-shaped muzzle, capable of holding a number of balls or slugs, and intended to be used at a limited range without exact aim. It has been long obsolete in civilized countries.
  • n. A stupid, blundering person.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle
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