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shoot with a silver gun — obsolete to be unable to provide meat by hunting In those far off days when a gentleman was supposed to keep the household supplied with fresh game birds in season by shooting them, and a lady was content to pluck, draw, hang, and cook… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
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