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English Dictionary: blunderbuss by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blunderbuss
n
  1. a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Blunderbuss \Blun"der*buss\, n. [Either fr. blunder + D. bus
      tube, box, akin to G. b[81]chse box, gun, E. box; or
      corrupted fr. D. donderbus (literally) thunder box, gun,
      musket.]
      1. A short gun or firearm, with a large bore, capable of
            holding a number of balls, and intended to do execution
            without exact aim.
  
      2. A stupid, blundering fellow.
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