blunderbussnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈblʌn.də.bʌs/us/ˈblʌn.dɚ.bʌs/an old-fashioned gun with a wide mouth that shoots a lot of small metal balls
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Examples from literature
- All the time he talked with us, and told us of the skirmishing ahead, he kept waving that large blunderbuss in our faces.
- He bought a blunderbuss, two pair of pistols, and a huge house-dog.
- In this situation he was fired upon with a blunderbuss loaded heavily with ball and grape shot.
- The captain, highly incensed, instantly descended the companion-way to the cabin, and shortly after appeared with a blunderbuss, which he proceeded to prime.
- The road north of this is getting rather a bad reputation, and in going out of Barnet the guard now looks to his blunderbuss, and the passengers get their pistols ready.