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clay pigeon

NOUN
moving target for shooting
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They simply bought a gun and ammunition and showed up at the range or clay pigeon course to figure it out.

From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2023

I go clay pigeon shooting on a Saturday.

From Time ● Jan. 13, 2016

“My life changed on New Year’s Day 1953 when, aged 13, I took part in a local clay pigeon shooting competition”, Stewart wrote in his autobiography.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 11, 2015

The 45-year-old earned a bronze medal in the skeet clay pigeon shooting at London 2012 and won the famous Dakar Rally for a second time earlier this year.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2015

Raffles went and wound up the throwing apparatus, and set the clay pigeon on the rest.

From Acton's Feud A Public School Story by Frederick Swainson




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