musket
Example Sentences
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One of Whitney’s next ventures was manufacturing muskets for the federal government.
“I will defend my Second Amendment right to use my musket to defend my Third Amendment right to never, ever allow a British soldier to live in my house.”
From New York Times
They see their AR-15s as modern-day muskets, though the rifles shoot 30 times faster, from distances up to 10 times farther.
From Washington Post
“The AR is the modern-day musket,” he said.
From Washington Post
For example, he said, “people talk about African Americans in the military, but she has an actual musket that would have been carried from a Black Civil War soldier.”
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
