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blunderbusses Definition


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blunderbuss
noun
    blunderbusses
    1. historical
      A type of musket with a wide barrel and a flared muzzle, for discharging a quantity of shot at close range.
Etymology: 17c: altered (by influence of blunder) from Dutch donderbus, from donder thunder + bus gun.



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