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bird shot
noun
- small-sized shot used for shooting birds.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bird shot1
First recorded in 1620–30
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Example Sentences
A little tar and ashes in his beak was a greater kindness to him than a charge of bird shot.
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"'T ain't likely it hurt him any—just bird shot," said Hope.
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T wa'n't nothin' but bird shot, so I sorter stuck in a marble.
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Sometimes a bird shot will have a great deal of the blood settle in the breast or in the flesh.
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The Baby pushed one of the buttons, and at once the bird shot up higher into the air.
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