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Definition of twelve-bore in English: twelve-borenoun British A shotgun with a bore corresponding to the diameter of a round bullet of which twelve constitute a pound in weight. as modifier they found a twelve-bore shotgun in the basement North American term twelve-gauge Example sentencesExamples - The severe gale blows the individual raindrops horizontally at you - with what feels like the force of a twelve-bore shotgun.
- And if I catch any of them trespassing on my land, or looking at my begonias a bit funny, I'm sending Nichols down with the twelve-bore.
- Walters was sentenced to life for murder and handed an eight-year concurrent jail term for possessing a twelve-bore shotgun.
- If you possess any piece of tweed clothing, a handlebar moustache or a manservant, you may proceed to blast the bird in question with a twelve-bore shotgun.
Definition of twelve-bore in US English: twelve-borenounˈtwelvˌbôr British A shotgun with a gauge corresponding to the diameter of a round bullet of which twelve constitute a pound in weight; a twelve-gauge. as modifier they found a twelve-bore shotgun in the basement Example sentencesExamples - The severe gale blows the individual raindrops horizontally at you - with what feels like the force of a twelve-bore shotgun.
- If you possess any piece of tweed clothing, a handlebar moustache or a manservant, you may proceed to blast the bird in question with a twelve-bore shotgun.
- Walters was sentenced to life for murder and handed an eight-year concurrent jail term for possessing a twelve-bore shotgun.
- And if I catch any of them trespassing on my land, or looking at my begonias a bit funny, I'm sending Nichols down with the twelve-bore.
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