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cannonball

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cannonball
1. Tennis
a. a very fast low serve
b. (as modifier): a cannonball serve
2. a jump into water by a person who has his arms tucked into the body to form a ball
cannonball [′kan·ən‚bȯl]
(ordnance)
A missile that is spheroidal in shape and fired from a cannon.
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Here he was interrupted by a loud report, and a cannonball came tearing through the trees and pitched in the sand not a hundred yards from where we two were talking.
Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
With the report an iron cannonball about five inches in diameter struck Hooja's dugout just above the water-line, tore a great splintering hole in its side, turned it over, and dumped its occupants into the sea.
Pellucidar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
When the soldier is hit by a cannonball, rags are as becoming as purple.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
 
 
 
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