duck-shot

Upon which she pulled the trigger with all the force of her thumb, and a quarter of a pound of duck-shot went out with a blaze on the dancers.

Lorna Doone Richard Doddridge 2004

Next to him is Dave Dyer the druggist — you met him this afternoon — mighty good duck-shot.

Main Street 2004

However, a round of duck-shot had some effect, though the blacks who escaped the pickling slapped themselves in a defiant and grossly-contemptuous manner.

The Confessions of a Beachcomber 2003

He fired his gun, wounding two with the duck-shot, and his pistol, without hurting any one.

French Pathfinders in North America William Henry Johnson

The doctor said that thirty-two duck-shot had entered my shoulder and back of my head, and three buckshot had passed entirely through my shoulder.

Memoirs of a southerner, 1840-1923, 1923

The doctor said that thirty-two duck-shot had entered my shoulder and back of my head, and three buckshot had passed entirely through my shoulder.

Memoirs of a Southerner Thomas, Edward J 1923

Next to him is Dave Dyer the druggist -- you met him this afternoon -- mighty good duck-shot.

Main Street 1920

Next to him is Dave Dyer the druggist -- you met him this afternoon -- mighty good duck-shot.

Main Street Sinclair Lewis 1918

It often follows his trail out of curiosity, and often the trapper who is so followed gets the Lynx by waiting in ambush; then it is easily killed with a charge of duck-shot.

The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake Ernest Thompson Seton 1903

The contents of the weapon, consisting of powder and duck-shot, entered his left side from a distance of not more than a yard off.

Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896