left and right

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left and right (plural left and rights)

  1. (shooting) Two rapid successful shots from a double-barrelled gun.
    • 1956, Gerald Durrell, chapter 12, in My Family and Other Animals, London: Penguin, pages 180-81:
      Apparently a left-and-a-right in hunting parlance meant to shoot and kill two birds or animals in quick succession, first with your left barrel and then with your right.

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left and right (not comparable)

  1. (Canada, US) All over the place; indiscriminately; frequently or excessively.
    You can't expect to eat desserts left and right and not gain weight.
    • 2014, Linus Torvalds, DebConf: Q&A with Linus Torvalds:
      And then all the distributions come in and they screw it all up. Because they break binary compatibility left and right

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