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bird shot
«Hostesses will usually divide their guest list between those who shoot the birds and those who shoot the breeze.»
«When I was twelve, I went hunting with my father and we shot a bird. He was laying there and something struck me. Why do we call this fun to kill this creature who was as happy as I was when I woke up this morning.»
«In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain? / For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.»
«ZANZIBARI, n. An inhabitant of the Sultanate of Zanzibar, off the eastern coast of Africa. The Zanzibaris, a warlike people, are best known in this country through a threatening diplomatic incident that occurred a few years ago. The American consul at the capital occupied a dwelling that faced the sea, with a sandy beach between. Greatly to the scandal of this official's family, and against repeated remonstrances of the official himself, the people of the city persisted in using the beach for bathing. One day a woman came down to the edge of the water and was stooping to remove her attire (a pair of sandals) when the consul, incensed beyond restraint, fired a charge of bird-shot into the most conspicuous part of her person. Unfortunately for the existing _entente cordiale_ between two great nations, she was the Sultana.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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