blunderbuss
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noun \ˈblən-dər-ˌbəs\Definition of BLUNDERBUSS
1
: a muzzle-loading firearm with a short barrel and flaring muzzle to facilitate loading
2
: a blundering person
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- <leave it to that blunderbuss to bungle a job that a child could do>
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Origin of BLUNDERBUSS
by folk etymology from obsolete Dutch donderbus, from Dutch donder thunder + obsolete Dutch bus gun
First Known Use: 1654
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