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blank cartridge

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blank cartridge
n.
A gun cartridge with a charge of powder but no bullet.

blank cartridge
n
(Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a cartridge containing powder but no bullet: used in battle practice or as a signal


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It was in this trying situation, exposed to a galling fire of blank cartridges, and harassed by the operations of the military, a fresh body of whom had begun to fall in on the opposite side, that Mr.
He's had so many blank cartridges fired into his ears that he's stone deaf.
He carries a silly little pop-gun loaded with blank cartridges.
 
 
 
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