Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A device for cutting wads. There are many kinds. The simplest is a circular chisel or gouge struck with a hammer or mallet.
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Examples
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So, a sniper (one of four) with a wad-cutter round (a flaxen sabot) would take out the window a split second before the kill-shot -- no change in sight-picture, just the window blowing out, clean.
unknown title 2009
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.357 magnum caliber revolver, loaded with magnum ammunition rather than the mild .38 Special midrange "wad-cutter" ammunition the rest of us used because it cut neat, round holes in the target.
Will Liddy, G. Gordon 1980
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