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n. - A fast schooner once used by New England fisherman for illegal fishing in Canadian waters; Someone skilled in shooting; An athlete noted for accurate aim.

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  • He admitted that the long red scar on his upper arm had been drilled by a sharpshooter from a German
  • GRACE: So you're saying these so-called sharpshooter isn't so sharp?
  • The sharpshooter is a half-inch-long insect that damages grape vines 'circulation, interrupting the flow of water and nutrients.
  • That is to say 'load and fire', or 'sharpshooter'.
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