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单词 peter gunner
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Peter Gunner
Peter Gunner n. [perhaps with allusion to petre n.2] Obsolete slang (derogatory) an incompetent shooter.
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1615 T. Dekker Cold Yeare C ij It was a shame that poore harmelesse Birds could not be suffered in such pittifull cold weather to save them-selues under a Bush..but that euery paltrie Peter-gunner must fart Fire and Brimstone at them.
1633 J. Shirley Wittie Faire One ii. ii I smell powder,..this peter-gunner should have given fire.
1788 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 2) Peter Gunner, will kill all the birds that died last summer. A piece of wit commonly thrown at a person walking through a street or village near London, with a gun in his hand.
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