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Word: Blunderbuss
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 17th century: alteration (by association with blunder) of Dutch donderbus, literally ‘thunder gun’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈblʌndəbʌs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a short large-bored gun firing balls or slugs.
Short Definition:short large-bored gun firing balls or slugs
Definition:
an action or way of doing something regarded as lacking in subtlety and precision
Short Definition:action or way of doing something regarded as lacking in subtlety and precision
Examples:- economists resort too quickly to the blunderbuss of regulation
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