blunderbuss

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blun·der·buss /ˈblʌndəbʌs $ -ər-/ noun [countable]  PMWa type of gun used in the past 〔老式的〕大口径短枪

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blunderbuss• As the coach thundered into Glasgow, the post-horn would be sounded and a blunderbuss fired into the air.• And that means fiddly switches scattered haphazardly across the dash and centre console like bits of shot fired from a blunderbuss.• Sir William Johnson told me that he killed at one shot with a blunderbuss, a hundred and twenty or thirty.• To fire the blunderbuss use the large teardrop-shaped flame template to represent the spread of shot from the gun's barrel.Origin blunderbuss (1600-1700) Early Dutch donderbus, from donder “thunder” + bus “gun”; influenced by blunder

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blunderbuss
blun‧der‧buss /ˈblʌndəbʌs $ -ər-/ noun [countable]a type of gun used in the past

blun·der·bussBrE /ˈblʌndəbʌs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈblʌndərbʌs/ 🔊 nounan old type of gun with a wide end （老式）大口径枪；喇叭枪