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blunderbuss

[bluhn-der-buhs] / ˈblʌn dərˌbʌs /


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There is also a blunderbuss, a precursor to the shotgun, owned by Capt. Michael McClary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

He may not have pioneered the blunderbuss technique of deregulation, but he provided a model.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2023

Dunphy’s lawsuit, filed last month in state court in New York, “contains a blunderbuss of contradictory allegations,” Giuliani said in his written response last Friday.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2023

Life does some blunderbuss thing on a system that's less forgiving than Earth was.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2022

On its back, a grim-looking mustached man in a cowboy hat brandished an old-fashioned blunderbuss, its wide metal mouth extending back over a wooden handle.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older