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Substantiivi
- 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.
Verbi
- (transitive) To shoot with a blunderbuss.
Esimerkit
- We fired the blunderbuss several times by way of salute, and soon after landed at the bank near the village of the Mahahas, or Shoe Indians, and were received by a crowd of people, who came to welcome our return.
- One of the most picturesque of the old flintlock guns is the blunderbuss, which was often carried by coach guards for protection against highwaymen.
- The blunderbuss never gained great favor in the American colonies or early United States.
Taivutusmuodot
| Monikko | blunderbusses |