Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cartridge for smooth-bore firearms containing a spherical bullet and three buck-shot: now little used.
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Examples
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While screening the dirt from the plow zone, we recovered many pieces of yellow and white ware, glass, and even a lead ball (from a buck-and-ball shot).
2007 Field Report 3 « Interactive Dig Johnson's Island – Unlocking a Civil War Prison 2007
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The Johnny had malice in his heart and buck-and-ball in his musket, but his eyes were not sufficiently numerous to adequately discharge all the duties laid upon him.
Andersonville John McElroy 1887
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The Johnny had malice in his heart and buck-and-ball in his musket, but his eyes were not sufficiently numerous to adequately discharge all the duties laid upon him.
Andersonville — Volume 3 John McElroy 1887
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