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blunt

/blʌnt/ noun C2
  1. A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip. (countable, uncountable)
  2. A short needle with a strong point. (countable, uncountable)
  3. A marijuana cigar. (US, countable, slang, uncountable)
  4. A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave. (countable, uncountable)

Plural blunts

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The blunt accusation, the brutal tap upon the shoulder—what can one make of such a denouement?
The Valley of Fear, p. 86 · C1
This malignant and terrible contortion, combined with the low forehead, blunt nose, and prognathous jaw gave the dead man a singularly simious and ape-like appearance, which was increased by his writhing, unnatural posture.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 29 · B2
He is no tree trunk to sharpen thy blunt claws upon.
The Jungle Book, p. 31 · B2
They found him stretched out on a warm ledge in the afternoon sun, admiring his beautiful new coat, for he had been in retirement for the last ten days changing his skin, and now he was very splendid--darting his big blunt-nosed head along the ground, and twisting the thirty feet of his body into fantastic knots and curves, and licking his lips as he thought of his dinner to come.
The Jungle Book, p. 42 · B2

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