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Marksmanship Buffalo Bill (1846–1917) famed sharpshooter in Wild West show. [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 67] son of Pan, companion to Muses; skilled in archery. [Gk. Myth.: Howe, 70] sobriquet of 1880s cowboy-sharpshooter, Nat Love. [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 41] Norse god, famed archer, met the same challenge as William Tell. [Norse Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 323] sharpshooting frontier folk hero. [Am. Lit.: The Last of the Mohicans]
(1837–1876) sharpshooting stage driver and marshal of U.S. West. [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 387] famed throughout land for skill as archer. [Br. Lit.: Robin Hood] (1860–1926) renowned expert gunshooter of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show. [Am. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 771] such a bad archer, killed crow while aiming for pigeon. [Nurs. Rhyme: Mother Goose, 33] shot apple off son’s head with arrow. [Swiss Legend: Brewer Dictionary, 1066; Ital. Opera: Rossini, William Tell] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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With their uncanny marksmanship they raked the on-coming fleet with volley after volley. The fatal marksmanship of the therns had snatched from our companions whatever slender chance they had of gaining the perilous freedom of the world without. Such is the uncanny marksmanship of these Martian savages that three red warriors dropped in their tracks as three projectiles exploded in their vitals. |
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