Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Large shot used for shooting wild ducks.
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Examples
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Upon which she pulled the trigger with all the force of her thumb, and a quarter of a pound of duck-shot went out with a blaze on the dancers.
Lorna Doone Richard Doddridge 2004
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Next to him is Dave Dyer the druggist — you met him this afternoon — mighty good duck-shot.
Main Street 2004
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However, a round of duck-shot had some effect, though the blacks who escaped the pickling slapped themselves in a defiant and grossly-contemptuous manner.
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He fired his gun, wounding two with the duck-shot, and his pistol, without hurting any one.
French Pathfinders in North America William Henry Johnson
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The doctor said that thirty-two duck-shot had entered my shoulder and back of my head, and three buckshot had passed entirely through my shoulder.
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The doctor said that thirty-two duck-shot had entered my shoulder and back of my head, and three buckshot had passed entirely through my shoulder.
Memoirs of a Southerner Thomas, Edward J 1923
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Next to him is Dave Dyer the druggist -- you met him this afternoon -- mighty good duck-shot.
Main Street 1920
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Next to him is Dave Dyer the druggist -- you met him this afternoon -- mighty good duck-shot.
Main Street Sinclair Lewis 1918
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It often follows his trail out of curiosity, and often the trapper who is so followed gets the Lynx by waiting in ambush; then it is easily killed with a charge of duck-shot.
The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake Ernest Thompson Seton 1903
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The contents of the weapon, consisting of powder and duck-shot, entered his left side from a distance of not more than a yard off.
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