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Word: grapeshot (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Usage:

...last week Margaret Corbin, alias "Sergeant" Molly Pitcher. A delegation from the Daughters of the American Revolution attended the ceremony. For on Nov. 16, 1776, Sergeant Molly's husband, a gunner, was wounded in the battle of Fort Washington and she served his gun until wounded* by three grapeshot. Until last week she rested in a snug grave on J. P. Morgan's estate at Highland Falls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Sergeant Pitcher | 3/29/1926 | See Source »

...York Evening Post (independent Republican) opened, with grapeshot and Greek fire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Grape-Shot and Greek Fire | 7/28/1924 | See Source »

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