bird shot

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noun

small-sized shot used for shooting birds.

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Origin of bird shot

First recorded in 1620–30

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How to use bird shot in a sentence

One of those who fell suffered terrible injuries after being struck at close range by birdshot from a riot-squad shotgun.
New Riots Rock Egypt Amid Finger-Pointing Over Soccer Deaths|Alastair Beach|February 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The night-riders mostly used these here automatic shot-guns, but they didn't bother with birdshot.
Danny's Own Story|Don Marquis
Even youths had risen up and peppered his back with birdshot, and beef cattle had trod him underfoot and smashed his rifle.
Michael, Brother of Jerry|Jack London
A hail of birdshot peppered the bluff and the woods behind it as both the double-barrels roared out in unison.
Jim Spurling, Fisherman|Albert Walter Tolman

I can't tell you, though, how glad we are to see you back, even if it did cost next to our last shell of birdshot.
Jim Spurling, Fisherman|Albert Walter Tolman
His hat was peppered with little holes, as if someone had fired a charge of birdshot at him and had all but bagged him.
Cow-Country|B. M. Bower

British Dictionary definitions for bird shot

birdshot

/ (ˈbɜːdˌʃɒt) /

noun

small pellets designed for shooting birds

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