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blunderbuss noun[ C ] uk /ˈblʌn.də.bʌs/ us /ˈblʌn.dɚ.bʌs/ an old-fashioned gun with a wide mouth that shoots a lot of small metal balls(老式)大口径枪 porpeller/iStock / Getty Images Plus/GettyImages SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Handguns & rifles .22 .45 air pistol air rifle airgun colt firearm flamethrower gat handgun quick, slow, etc. on the drawidiom ray gun revolver rifle Saturday night special starting pistol stun gun submachine gun tommy gun Uzi
All the time he talked with us, and told us of the skirmishing ahead, he kept waving that large blunderbuss in our faces. He bought a blunderbuss, two pair of pistols, and a huge house-dog. In this situation he was fired upon with a blunderbuss loaded heavily with ball and grape shot. The captain, highly incensed, instantly descended the companion-way to the cabin, and shortly after appeared with a blunderbuss, which he proceeded to prime. The road north of this is getting rather a bad reputation, and in going out of Barnet the guard now looks to his blunderbuss, and the passengers get their pistols ready. |