shooting gallery

noun

a place equipped with targets and used for practice in shooting.

Slang. a place where drug addicts can buy and inject themselves with narcotic drugs.

Origin of shooting gallery

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby shooting gallery

shoot from the hip, shootie, Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, shooting box, shooting brake, shooting gallery, shooting guard, shooting iron, shooting match, shooting script, shooting star

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Example sentences from the Web for shooting gallery

But I have been practising at the shooting-gallery for two hours.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13|Elbert Hubbard
The woman blazes with jewels like a Strand shooting-gallery with lights.
Miss Million's Maid|Bertha Ruck
After three months the gunmaker no longer accompanied Frank to his shooting-gallery.
Through Russian Snows|G. A Henty
Colonel Wildman's dining-room was once Byron's shooting-gallery, and the original refectory of the monks.
Passages From the English Notebooks, Volume 2|Nathaniel Hawthorne

Shooting-gallery again, one and four-pence; Fat Woman a penny, one and fivepence.
Jackanapes, Daddy Darwin's Dovecot and Other Stories|Juliana Horatio Ewing

British Dictionary definitions for shooting gallery

shooting gallery

noun

an area, often enclosed, designed for target practice, shooting, etc

slang a house where heroin addicts inject themselves

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单词	shooting gallery
释义	shooting gallery noun a place equipped with targets and used for practice in shooting. Slang. a place where drug addicts can buy and inject themselves with narcotic drugs. Origin of shooting gallery First recorded in 1830–40 Words nearby shooting gallery shoot from the hip, shootie, Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, shooting box, shooting brake, shooting gallery, shooting guard, shooting iron, shooting match, shooting script, shooting star Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for shooting gallery But I have been practising at the shooting-gallery for two hours. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13\|Elbert Hubbard The woman blazes with jewels like a Strand shooting-gallery with lights. Miss Million's Maid\|Bertha Ruck After three months the gunmaker no longer accompanied Frank to his shooting-gallery. Through Russian Snows\|G. A Henty Colonel Wildman's dining-room was once Byron's shooting-gallery, and the original refectory of the monks. Passages From the English Notebooks, Volume 2\|Nathaniel Hawthorne Shooting-gallery again, one and four-pence; Fat Woman a penny, one and fivepence. Jackanapes, Daddy Darwin's Dovecot and Other Stories\|Juliana Horatio Ewing British Dictionary definitions for shooting gallery shooting gallery noun an area, often enclosed, designed for target practice, shooting, etc slang a house where heroin addicts inject themselves Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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