buckshot
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Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
buckshot (countable and uncountable, plural buckshots)
- (chiefly US) Lead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than birdshot and suitable for hunting larger game. [from 18th c.]
- 1879, Buffalo Bill, The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, page 58:
- Our men were all well armed with Colt's revolvers and Mississippi yagers, which last, carried a bullet, and two buckshots.
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lead shot used in shotgun cartridges