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Definition of Slungshot
1. Noun. A maritime tool consisting of a weight (the "shot") affixed to the end of a long cord, used to cast line from one location to another and sometimes as an improvised weapon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slungshot
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slungshot
Literary usage of Slungshot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pioneer History of Milwaukee by James Smith Buck (1886)
"William Walton—The Reliance Works, Sketch — Edward P. Allis, Sketch—The Ice
Bear—Arthur Bates, Sketch — K, D. Hoi- ton Struck with a slungshot— ..."
2. Statutes at Large of the State of New York: Comprising the Revised Statutes ...by New York (State)., John Worth Edmonds by New York (State)., John Worth Edmonds (1872)
"PAGB. slungshot v, 156 soldiers voting vn, 249 squatting in cities iv, 617
steamboats, management of n, 717 fire from iv, 57 racing by iv, 58 to keep middle ..."
3. The Penal Code of the State of New York: With All the Amendments to and by New York (State), William Henry Silvernail (1905)
"A person who attempts to use against another, or who carries, or possesses any
instrument or weapon of the kind commonly known as a slungshot, billy, ..."
4. The Tribune Almanac and Political Register by Horace Greeley (1912)
"A person who manufactures, or causes to be manufactured, or sells or offers, or
gives or disposes of any blackjack, slungshot Concealed! billy, ..."
5. The Penal Law and Code of Criminal Procedure of the State of New York by New York (State)., John Thomas Cook, Austin B. Griffin (1914)
"A person who attempts to use against another, or who carries, or possesses, any
instrument or weapon of the kind commonly known as a blackjack, slungshot, ..."
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