splattergun

Definitions

Noun. [C1]

Examples

“With splitting fingernails he scratched up various soils from his long-abandoned bridal bed, plus shirt-pocketsful of hardness-eight gravel to serve⟳ as splattergun projectiles.”

“Bess had been a sort⟳ of a gift to replace⟳ my trusty splattergun, Bessie, lost in the far north.”

“Where he didn't have⟳ to keep⟳ looking at the door and seeing the old guy coming in with the shotgun, Jesus, seeing him just like⟳ he was there, that face⟳ with its downdrawn lines and a splattergun short enough to hide⟳ under his cheap sport coat, cut⟳ back beyond the choke so that the pattern spread⟳ a yard for every foot, clear the whole restaurant like⟳ a firehose.”

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