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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An enclosed target range for practice or competition with firearms.
- noun Slang A place where illegal drugs may be obtained, prepared, and taken by injection, often with equipment provided on the premises.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A long room or gallery, having a target of some kind, and arranged for practice with firearms.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
carnival game typically featuring apellet gun and numerous movingmechanical tracks with smalltargets to be shot forprizes . - noun figuratively, sports Any
game ormatch with lots ofshooting (e.g. at a goal) - noun A room where
heroin usersshoot heroin .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a building (usually abandoned) where drug addicts buy and use heroin
- noun an enclosed firing range with targets for rifle or handgun practice
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treeseed commented on the word shooting gallery
A game at traveling carnivals, county/state fair midways, funfairs, entertainment boardwalks and amusement parks, featuring a pellet gun and typically either numerous moving mechanical tracks with small targets worth various minor prizes or points towards a major prize, or a paper target with a star on it which must be completely shot away to win a prize.
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January 31, 2008