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Noun
/ˈbləndərˌbəs/,
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blunderbusses, plural;
  1. A short-barreled large-bored gun with a flared muzzle, used at short range

  2. An action or way of doing something regarded as lacking in subtlety and precision
    • - economists resort too quickly to the blunderbuss of regulation
  1. a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle
  2. The blunderbuss is a muzzle-loading firearm with a short, large caliber barrel, which is flared at the muzzle, and used with shot. The blunderbuss is an early form of shotgun adapted to military and defensive use. ...
  3. Blunderbuss is an EP by singer-songwriter Teddy Thompson. Released on October 22, 2004, between his debut album and Separate Ways, the EP is permanently out of stock and difficult to obtain. A variation of "Turning the Gun On Myself" appears on Thompson's 2008 album, A Piece of What You Need.
  4. Old style of firearm with a distinctive large opening at the muzzle, therefore able to fire quantities of nails, stones, shot, etc
  5. A short firearm with a barrel of expanding diameter and a bell-shaped muzzle. Enjoyed some popularity in the 18th century. It was supposed to fire a charge of shot with a widely dispersed pattern, suitable for stagecoach defence or boarding an enemy ship. ...
  6. A muzzle loading shotgun having a bell shaped muzzle. Contrary to popular opinion the funnel shape of the muzzle was aid to loading the gun and not a method to increase the spread of the shot pattern.