riflery
Americannoun
noun
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rifle shots
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the practice or skill of rifle marksmanship
Etymology
Origin of riflery
Example Sentences
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People who run summer camps, which in themselves are a new sensitive location, wonder if popular riflery courses for children are now a crime.
From Reuters • Aug. 12, 2022
Although major universities in Japan have riflery clubs and Japanese police are armed, most Japanese go through life without ever handling, or even seeing, a real gun.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 8, 2022
Rare is the Marine who does not wish to shoot better; a culture that celebrates riflery bestows credibility and respect on those who shoot best.
From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2016
And after attending an interest meeting in ninth grade, she realized that something was riflery.
From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2016
The whole clearing was thick with smoke, out of which there shot up a furious wall of fire that rose and fell with a crackle resembling volleys of riflery and a roaring even more disconcerting.
From The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound by Bindloss, Harold
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