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shotproof en · ADJ

Etymology

From shot + -proof.

Meanings

1. Not penetrable by shot; bulletproof.
2. Of quarry, reputedly unable to be shot.
   • Well, I didn't know it was that fellow, else I would have had a shot at him at once, before he had time to make himself shot-proof, but I thought it was great fun to watch him. 1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 73:

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