Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
harquebus .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an obsolete firearm with a long barrel
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Halbert was aye skipping up and down like a roo, and his brother used to sit in the chimney nook with his book and sic-like trash — But the lad was like a loaded hackbut, which will stand in the corner as quiet as an old crutch until ye draw the trigger, and then there is nothing but flash and smoke. —
The Monastery 2008
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A kitchen jack leaned against a pyx, a republican sabre on a mediaeval hackbut.
The Magic Skin 2007
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A kitchen jack leaned against a pyx, a republican sabre on a mediaeval hackbut.
The Magic Skin Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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In the mean time, you may amuse yourself with my suspense, and put all the justices of peace in requisition, in case I come into your county with 'hackbut bent.'
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals Thomas Moore 1815
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Halbert was aye skipping up and down like a roo, and his brother used to sit in the chimney nook with his book and sic-like trash -- But the lad was like a loaded hackbut, which will stand in the corner as quiet as an old crutch until ye draw the trigger, and then there is nothing but flash and smoke.
The Monastery Walter Scott 1801
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