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Definition of Long shot
1. Noun. A venture that involves great risk but promises great rewards.
2. Noun. A contestant that is unlikely to win.
Definition of Long shot
1. Noun. (idiomatic nautical) Something unlikely; something that has little chance of happening or working. The term arose from the accuracy of early ship guns, which were effective only at close range and unlikely to hit the mark at any great distance. ¹
2. Noun. (film) A master shot, the primary wide shot of a scene into which the closeups will be edited later. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Long Shot
Literary usage of Long shot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Letters from the Shores of the Baltic by Elizabeth Rigby Eastlake (1844)
"... the Sheikh of the Marksmen—The Death of the Lion- Wild Fo^Yl—A long shot—Joas
the Gunsmith—The Marksmen—Ain Dahlia—Story of the ..."
2. Camping and Cruising in Florida by James Alexander Henshall (1884)
"A long shot.—Venison galore.—A scientific discussion.—Gall and wormwood.—On.
the South Prong.—By land and water.—Turkey and moccasins. ..."
3. The New Africa: A Journey Up the Chobe and Down the Okovanga Rivers; a by Aurel Schulz, August Hammar (1897)
"... to Liana river—Donkeys suffer and die from tsetse fly-bite—Mistake large lion
for wildebeest—Lion hunt— Hammar makes a successful long shot— ..."
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