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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
catapult , 2.
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Examples
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Thanks for reminding us all that girls can kill an evil clown with a sling-shot, murder an entire prom with their mind, or kidnap an author and keep him in her house.
Archive 2009-02-01 zombietron 2009
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Many will not be able to go hunting with a sling-shot due to his royal 8 yrs in office.
Petzal: .270 vs. 2009
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Many will not be able to go hunting with a sling-shot due to his royal 8 yrs in office.
Petzal: .270 vs. 2009
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Thanks for reminding us all that girls can kill an evil clown with a sling-shot, murder an entire prom with their mind, or kidnap an author and keep him in her house.
Dear Stephen King zombietron 2009
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If you're excited to see pugil sticks and sling-shot humans coming at you in 3-D, you'll likely also be happy to know the "Jackass" franchise will allegedly be continued in a third movie, this one in three dimensions as well.
‘American Gladiators’ And ‘Jackass’ Bring Their Stunts To 3-D » MTV Movies Blog 2009
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Majdi Mohammed/Associated Press READY, AIM, FIRE: A masked Palestinian demonstrator used a sling-shot to hurl stones at Israeli troops, not pictured, during the weekly demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah, Friday.
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But even with the magic of digital revelations sling-shot across all bandwidths, the answer has to be: depends.
Phil Bronstein: The Wikileaks Incident: How Social Media has Changed Warfare Coverage 2010
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Lloyd explains what made the sling — which bears little resemblance to the modern sling-shot — in many ways better than the bow:
The Sling « Isegoria 2008
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And this willingness is just another of their weapons–bringing cannons to a sling-shot fight, to play on a popular idiom.
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But even with the magic of digital revelations sling-shot across all bandwidths, the answer has to be: depends.
The Wikileaks Incident: How Social Media has Changed Warfare Coverage 2010
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