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blowgun

[bloh-guhn] / ˈbloʊˌgʌn /


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You’ve probably seen that blowgun video that was out.

From Slate Nov. 23, 2018

He now hunted with a rifle instead of a blowgun, heading into the forest most days in search of game to sell.

From New York Times Dec. 26, 2017

They have watched in horror as logging companies inexorably cut down the forests that supply the tribe with food, medicines and even the poison for blowgun darts used to kill monkeys and hornbill.

From Time Magazine Archive

No musical, but the funniest revue in years, this lunatic entertainment offers four young English antiEstablishmentarians aiming blowgun darts of parody with poisonously amusing accuracy at Shakespeare, Harold Macmillan, and positive-thinking clergymen.

From Time Magazine Archive

Inside she finds a bowl, some dried beef, and a blowgun with two dozen darts.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins




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