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musket

[muhs-kit] / ˈmʌs kɪt /
NOUN
gun
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A family tree hangs in the boardroom and some of the company’s oldest weapons, including a musket from 1830, are displayed in an archive of more than 1,500 pieces.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Artefacts recovered from the battlefield in recent years have included lead musket balls and a shoe buckle believed to have belonged to a clan chief.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2025

Questions aside, a musket can come in handy.

From Slate • May 8, 2024

Would there be any musket balls, messages from students, or clues to historical mysteries?

From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2023

Paul spent the night frantically helping to build fortifications—dirt walls and ditches that could protect them from musket fire.

From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis




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