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buckshot

[ buhk-shot ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a large size of lead shot shot shoot used in shotgun shells for hunting game, as pheasants or ducks.

buckshot

/ ˈbʌkˌʃɒt /

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; buck ¹, shot ¹

C15 (original sense: the distance at which a buck can be shot)

Instantly he ran with all speed to the cabin for the shot-gun, which he kept loaded with buckshot.

Pa's got a few buckshot in him; but he don't mind it 'cuz he don't weigh much, anyway.

Buckshot hailed from a hundred guns, and the poker fell, but soon it came again and this time flat upon the gun.

The gun barked twice in rapid succession, and two charges of buckshot rattled against the bells.

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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