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BLUNDERBUSS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does blunderbuss mean?
• BLUNDERBUSS (noun)
The noun BLUNDERBUSS has 1 sense:
1. a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle
Familiarity information: BLUNDERBUSS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("blunderbuss" is a kind of...):
musket (a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen)
Meronyms (parts of "blunderbuss"):
bell (the flared opening of a tubular device)
Context examples
"Oh, dear, what a blunderbuss I am!" exclaimed Jo, finishing Meg's glove by scrubbing her gown with it.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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