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punt gun

punt gun noun: a very large shotgun used in the 19th and early 20th centuries for shooting large numbers of waterfowl for commercial harvesting operations and private sport.

punt gun: a very large shotgun used in the 19th and early 20th centuries for shooting large numbers of...
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Noun

punt gun (plural punt guns)

  1. (historical) A very large shotgun used in the 19th and early 20th centuries for shooting large numbers of waterfowl for commercial harvesting operations and private sport.

Forms of punt gun

pluralpunt guns

Origin of punt gun

Named after punt (“shallow boat”) on which the shotgun was typically fixed.

Questions about punt gun

What does punt gun mean?
Punt gun means a very large shotgun used in the 19th and early 20th centuries for shooting large numbers of waterfowl for commercial harvesting operations and private sport.
What part of speech is punt gun?
Punt gun is a noun.
What is the plural of punt gun?
The plural of punt gun is punt guns.

Words near punt gun in the dictionary

  1. punster
  2. punsters
  3. punstress
  4. punstresses
  5. punt
  6. punt gun
  7. punt guns
  8. punt into the long grass
  9. punt pole
  10. punt poles
  11. punt protector

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