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blunderbuss

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
blunderbuss/ˈblʌndəbʌs/

▶noun

1 historical a short large-bored gun firing balls or slugs.

2 an unsubtle and imprecise action or method.

– origin C17: alt. (by assoc. with blunder) of Du. donderbus, lit. ‘thunder gun’.

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