单词 | punt-shooter |
释义 | > as lemmaspunt-shooter punt-shooter n. now rare = punt-gunner n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shooter > [noun] > punt-shooter punter1814 punt-gunner1840 punt-shooter1847 puntman1851 puntsman1856 float-shooter1882 1847 Graham's Mag. Jan. 47/2 Beside these decoys, there are, in the places where ducks are numerous, many of the country people who shoot them, and these are called Punt Shooters or Punt Gunners. 1900 Pall Mall Gaz. 25 Jan. 8/3 These punt-shooters are not as a rule naturalists... Their object is to kill wild fowl for the market. 1925 J. C. Phillips Nat. Hist. Ducks III. 321 Few Golden-eyes are taken by punt-shooters in Europe, and fewer still (almost none) were enticed into decoy pipes. < as lemmas |
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