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- noun poker slang A
poker hand which is four cards to astraight , where only one rank can complete a straight. E.g. 3-4-6-7, only a five completes the straight.
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Examples
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If the deer were gutshot I would give him time to layup at least 5 hours, unless it was raining hard, and then I would stay on the track.
What would you do if you knew you made a bad hit on a deer with an arrow? 2009
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I suspect he was gutshot and will not take the moving shot again even at that relatively close range, especially offhand.
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Two of those deer were gutshot and the big buck was a marginal hit yet none went more than 60 yads.
Let's bring up the broadhead debate again. A couple hours ago my friend Dan arrowed a mature doe. 2009
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Two of those deer were gutshot and the big buck was a marginal hit yet none went more than 60 yads.
Let's bring up the broadhead debate again. A couple hours ago my friend Dan arrowed a mature doe. 2009
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I suspect he was gutshot and will not take the moving shot again even at that relatively close range, especially offhand.
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If the deer were gutshot I would give him time to layup at least 5 hours, unless it was raining hard, and then I would stay on the track.
What would you do if you knew you made a bad hit on a deer with an arrow? 2009
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I say this even though I'd rather be gutshot w/a small caliber firearm than use Windows for more than 20 minutes.
7stacks Does OS X Stacks In Windows 7 Style | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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These things kept happening; Kennedy skipped the press party for a publication of mine in 1972 and scurried home to lock himself in because a few hours earlier George Wallace had been gutshot in a parking lot in nearby Bathesda.
Burton Hersh: Edward Kennedy: Surviving Death Threats, Ousting Nixon 2010
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These things kept happening; Kennedy skipped the press party for a publication of mine in 1972 and scurried home to lock himself in because a few hours earlier George Wallace had been gutshot in a parking lot in nearby Bathesda.
Burton Hersh: Edward Kennedy: Surviving Death Threats, Ousting Nixon Burton Hersh 2010
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The flop gives him a double gutshot (4 or 8 makes a straight) – enough excuse for a semi-bluffing raise to chase away AK or AQ.
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The name was as unappealing to outsiders as it was transparent to those in the know – a ‘gutshot’ is a particular kind of chancy play in poker.
Paul Myerscough · Diary: Confessions of a Poker Player · LRB 29 January 2009 Paul Myerscough 2019
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