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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesकमल-नली बंदूक
Pronunciation / Transliteration: kamal-nali bandook
"संग्रहालय में एक पुरानी गन रखी है।"
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A historical short-barreled muzzle-loading gun with a flared muzzle, designed to scatter shot at close range.
"The museum displayed a pirate's rusty blunderbuss alongside cutlasses and flintlock pistols." - 2
A clumsy, blundering person or a tactless, heavy-handed method or approach.
"His economic policy was a bureaucratic blunderbuss that harmed small businesses."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Dutch word 'donderbus', a compound of 'donder' (thunder) and 'bus' (tube or box, originally meaning a firearm barrel). The initial element was altered in English by folk etymology due to association with 'blunder', reflecting its wide, inaccurate spread of shot.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Blunderbuss" is said worldwide
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tromblon
Transliteration: trɔ̃.blɔ̃
"Le pirate tenait un vieux tromblon à la main."
Donnerbüchse
Transliteration: ˈdɔnɐˌbʏçsə
"Die alte Donnerbüchse hing über dem Kamin."
trombetta
Transliteration: tromˈbet.ta
"Il brigante era armato di una vecchia trombetta."
trabuco
Transliteration: tɾaˈβu.ko
"El bandolero escondía un trabuco bajo su capa."
trabuco
Transliteration: tɾaˈbu.ku
"O corsário apontou o trabuco para o convés."
कमल-नली बंदूक
Transliteration: kamal-nali bandook
"संग्रहालय में एक पुरानी गन रखी है।"
喇叭口枪
Transliteration: lǎ bā kǒu qiāng
"海盗手里拿着一支喇叭口枪。"
나팔총
Transliteration: naphalchong
"박물관에는 오래된 나팔총이 전시되어 있다."
ラッパ銃
Transliteration: rappa-jū
"海賊はラッパ銃を構えていた。"
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