Birdshot
noun
small pellets designed for shooting birds
Contemporary Examples
New Riots Rock Egypt Amid Finger-Pointing Over Soccer Deaths Alastair Beach February 2, 2012
Historical Examples
The Copperhead Harold Frederic
Buff: A Collie and other dog-stories Albert Payson Terhune
At Whispering Pine Lodge Lawrence J. Leslie
The Puppet Crown Harold MacGrath
Jim Spurling, Fisherman Albert Walter Tolman
Ralph on the Overland Express Allen Chapman
The Librarian at Play Edmund Lester Pearson
Michael, Brother of Jerry Jack London
Cow-Country B. M. Bower
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