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blunderbuss

blun·der·buss

UK/ˈblʌn.dəˌbʌs/ US/ˈblʌn.dɚˌbʌs/ uncommon

noun

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Origin

From Dutch donderbus (“blunderbuss”, literally “thunder gun”), which was altered under the influence of blunder.

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