scattergun
See also: scatter-gun and scatter gun
English
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Etymology
Noun
scattergun (plural scatterguns)
- A shotgun.
- 1973 September, Gary Gillespie, “How to select a modern scattergun”, in Popular Mechanics, →ISSN, page 134:
- But in all-around use, the scattergun now ranks first across fields and forests, trap and skeet ranges.
- 1999 December 1, Jason Manning, Gun Justice: The Unforgettable Story of Texas John Slaughter, One of the Greatest Gunfighters of the Old West[1], Macmillan:
- Groundhitching the horse, he left the Winchester in the saddle boot and reached under his duster to unsling the scattergun.
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- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:scattergun.