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  • At the door, in the middle of the end of the street, he paused and struck on the lintel three times with his gun-butt.

    In The Time Of Light dj barber 2010

  • His message was plain: talk was futile,. it was time for action - and sure enough, some oratorical gesture would give them a glimpse of the gun-butt under his coat.

    THE NUMBERS 2010

  • The one-eyed guide grounded his gun-butt on the stone, and the procession waited, watched by the crowd that had lost its interest sufficiently to talk and joke.

    In The Time Of Light dj barber 2010

  • These creatures dispersed hastily, but Cossar reached out incalculable limbs and managed to kill several with his boots and gun-butt.

    The Food of the Gods and how it came to Earth Herbert George 2004

  • "I'll shoot until the bullets are gone, and if I run out of bullets before they kill me, I'll club them with the ... the gun-butt."

    The Dark Tower King, Stephen 2004

  • There was a light clatter on the concrete as she did so, and Ray caught sight of a gun-butt strapped around the corpse's shoulder.

    A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2001

  • His message was plain: talk was futile,. it was time for action - and sure enough, some oratorical gesture would give them a glimpse of the gun-butt under his coat.

    Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995

  • His message was plain: talk was futile,. it was time for action - and sure enough, some oratorical gesture would give them a glimpse of the gun-butt under his coat.

    Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995

  • Gently he raised Caris 'right arm, the burnt chunk of the gun-butt dropping from the two remaining fingers.

    The Silicon Mage Hambly, Barbara 1988

  • Instead of coming down on the vulnerable temple, the heavy gun-butt cracked the side of his jaw.

    The Drawing of the Three King, Stephen, 1947- 1987

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