Pot-shot

adj, noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of potshot. alt-of, alternative

    "“You started out to be a road-agent and he took a pot-shot at the first person he saw. I'm surely obliged to you both for taking so much interest in me, or rather in my team. Robbery and murder are quite a family pastime, ain't they?”"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of potshot. alt-of, alternative

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"“You started out to be a road-agent and he took a pot-shot at the first person he saw. I'm surely obliged to you both for taking so much interest in me, or rather in my team. Robbery and murder are quite a family pastime, ain't they?”"

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