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- noun Plural form of
shootist .
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Examples
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Tourists who shoot in Africa are called shootists to distinguish them from sportsmen.
Hemingway on Hunting Ernest Hemingway 2001
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Tourists who shoot in Africa are called shootists to distinguish them from sportsmen.
Hemingway on Hunting Ernest Hemingway 2001
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Tourists who shoot in Africa are called shootists to distinguish them from sportsmen.
Hemingway on Hunting Ernest Hemingway 2001
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If it's a case of vandalism or setting fire to stolen cars (this kind of sign encourages mindless acts) then get the Game Conservancy shootists down for a bit of practice.
A Kick in the Privates Peter Ashley 2008
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"Green-shootists," who look to pinpoint early signs of economic recovery, may need to keep looking, Dave Kansas says.
Debt-Rating Worries 2009
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However, the one thing we know for sure is that the rest of the "civilised world" will look at the United States as a bunch of gun-crazed shootists who think their nation is the O.K.
Misunderstanding Virginia Tech Matt Johnston 2007
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Zee asked Helen, as the shootists paused and targets were being replaced.
Death on a Vineyard Beach Philip R.Craig 1996
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Helen and I could shoot, but we would never be shootists.
Death on a Vineyard Beach Philip R.Craig 1996
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"Certainly; but I don't fancy the French are very great 'shootists,' as the Yankees say."
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series Bracebridge Hemyng 1871
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CIT went into the weekend with prospects that even the "green shootists" would have to call bleak.
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