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Blunderbuss

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Noun

1. blunderbuss

a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Blunderbuss

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noun
1. 
an obsolete short musket with large bore and flared muzzle, used to scatter shot at short range
2. informal
a clumsy unsubtle person

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Blunderbuss

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noun
1.  Obsolete
a kind of musket with a short barrel, large bore, and a broad, flaring muzzle, accurate only at close range
2. 
a person who blunders

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Blunderbuss

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n.
1. A short musket of wide bore and flaring muzzle, formerly used to scatter shot at close range.
2. A person regarded as clumsy and stupid.

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