noun.
A short musket of wide bore and flaring muzzle, formerly used to scatter shot at close range.
noun.
A person regarded as clumsy and stupid.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A short gun or firearm with a large bore and funnel-shaped muzzle, capable of holding a number of balls or slugs, and intended to be used at a limited range without exact aim. It has been long obsolete in civilized countries.
noun.
A stupid, blundering person.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A short gun or firearm, with a large bore, capable of holding a number of balls, and intended to do execution without exact aim.
noun.
An old style of muzzleloadingfirearm and early form of shotgun with a distinctive short, large caliberbarrel that is flared at the muzzle, therefore able to fire scattered quantities of nails, stones, shot, etc. at short range.
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noun.
a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle
Word Usage
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