单词 | slung-shot |
释义 | slung-shotn. U.S. A shot, piece of metal, stone, etc., fastened to a strap or thong, and used as a weapon (cf. quot. 1848). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > blunt weapons other than sticks > [noun] > flail or black-jack flailc1475 wapper1481 scorpion1541 threshel1688 swingle1818 life-preserver1833 black jack1848 slung-shot1848 neddy1851 slingshot1891 slogger1892 Jack1911 nunchaku1969 nunchuck1970 1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms Slung-shot, an offensive weapon formed of two leaden or iron bullets fastened together by a piece of rope five or six inches long. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table ii. 35 A slung-shot could not have brought her down better. 1883 A. K. Green Hand & Ring i The man..having evidently been hit on the head by a slung-shot. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1848 |
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