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buckshots

buckshots is the plural of buckshot.

Meaning of buckshot

Noun

buckshot (countable and uncountable, plural buckshots)

  1. (US) Lead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than birdshot and suitable for hunting larger game.
    • Our men were all well armed with Colt's revolvers and Mississippi yagers, which last, carried a bullet, and two buckshots.1879, Buffalo Bill, The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, page 58

Questions about buckshots

What is buckshots the plural of?
Buckshots is the plural of buckshot.

Words near buckshots in the dictionary

  1. buckshishes
  2. buckshorn plantain
  3. buckshorn plantains
  4. buckshot
  5. buckshot land
  6. buckshots
  7. buckskin
  8. buckskinned
  9. buckskins
  10. bucksom
  11. bucksome

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