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browning shots

browning shots is the plural of browning shot.

Meaning of browning shot

Noun

browning shot (plural browning shots)

  1. A haphazard shot at a group of vessels.
    • […] the U-boat would ordinarily be able to have only a "browning shot" (a random shot in the hope of hitting one ship in the convoy), which might or might not hit.2014, Arthur J. Marder, From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow, volume IV, page 132

Questions about browning shots

What is browning shots the plural of?
Browning shots is the plural of browning shot.

Words near browning shots in the dictionary

  1. browniine
  2. browniness
  3. browning
  4. browning out
  5. browning shot
  6. browning shots
  7. browning up
  8. Browningesque
  9. Browningian
  10. brownings
  11. brownioside

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