musket
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The Spaniard brought only 11 ships, some 450 men, 16 horses and a modest collection of cannons, crossbows and arquebuses, precursors to the musket.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
Questions aside, a musket can come in handy.
From Slate • May 8, 2024
For decades speculation has been rife about whether the pillars do actually bear the scars of the musket balls from nearly two hundred years ago.
From BBC • Nov. 12, 2023
Would there be any musket balls, messages from students, or clues to historical mysteries?
From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2023
‘Will you go up and fetch down the musket from the back chamber?’ he asked her.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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