butt end
Example Sentences
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Center Evgeny Kuznetsov then was slow to get up after the butt end of Penguins center Jeff Carter’s stick caught him in the side midway through the middle frame.
From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2022
“Young man, my three years at the butt end of an M16 checked that box,” Corallo replied, according to author Vicky Ward.
From Salon • Mar. 13, 2019
Rather than purchase separate sensors that need to be screwed on to the butt end of the grip, the Arccos Smart Grips feature 13 grips with sensors already in the grip.
From Golf Digest • Aug. 21, 2018
But the butt end of the handle, the pommel, was inspired by a sword in the 1993 martial arts movie “The Bride with White Hair.”
From Washington Times • Mar. 30, 2017
The butt end of a spear fell on his back as he blundered among them.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.