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buckshot
/ ˈbʌkˌʃɒt /
noun
- lead shot of large size used in shotgun shells, esp for hunting game
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of buckshot1
C15 (original sense: the distance at which a buck can be shot)
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Example Sentences
Instantly he ran with all speed to the cabin for the shot-gun, which he kept loaded with buckshot.
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Pa's got a few buckshot in him; but he don't mind it 'cuz he don't weigh much, anyway.
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Buckshot hailed from a hundred guns, and the poker fell, but soon it came again and this time flat upon the gun.
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The gun barked twice in rapid succession, and two charges of buckshot rattled against the bells.
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As he lay in the heap of wounded men a buckshot buried itself in the side of his head near the temple.
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