Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small gun used by sportsmen to kill wounded birds.
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Examples
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It swayed to and fro irresolutely with shouts and outcries, while from the right the Gurkhas dropped volley after volley of cripple-stopper Snider bullets at long range into the mob of the
Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Gurkhas dropped volley after volley of cripple-stopper Snider bullets at long range into the mob of the Ghazis returning to their own troops.
Soldier Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900
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