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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
Noun
a cartridge containing powder but no bullet


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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.
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context
He's had so many blank cartridges fired into his ears that he's stone deaf.
Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context
He carries a silly little pop-gun loaded with blank cartridges.
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