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- noun Plural form of
ramrod . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
ramrod .
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Examples
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There were many other relics of antiquity in this line, which had been contributed by his friends, – large pistols and small pistols, loading with ramrods from the muzzle, clubs and spears from the South Sea Islands; and, in fact, it was quite a cabinet of curiosities of obsolete warfare.
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You are right about soldiers shooting ramrods at one another .... at the siege of Petersburg, soldiers were oversupplied with ramrods, and sometimes shoot them at the short distances across the 'no-man's land'.
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You are right about soldiers shooting ramrods at one another .... at the siege of Petersburg, soldiers were oversupplied with ramrods, and sometimes shoot them at the short distances across the 'no-man's land'.
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Blackpowder guns will tolerate things like ramrods in the barrel that centerfire rifles and shotguns will not.
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If you don't, maybe carrying an archery quiver full of ramrods would be a good idea.
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According to many accounts, during the civil war, it was not unusual to see hundreds of silver arrows (ramrods) flying back and forth on the battlefield.
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We should be questioning the wisdom of the voters who keep putting two of the problems back in office who were the ramrods of the two losers that started this recession.
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According to many accounts, during the civil war, it was not unusual to see hundreds of silver arrows (ramrods) flying back and forth on the battlefield.
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Blackpowder guns will tolerate things like ramrods in the barrel that centerfire rifles and shotguns will not.
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If you don't, maybe carrying an archery quiver full of ramrods would be a good idea.
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