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Plain unlucky! From hapless hunters to unfortunate accidents

Dog Shoots Man: … Man Recovering from Gunshot Wound Caused by Pet … The hapless hunter was setting up decoys in the water when the mishap occurred. The above Huffington Post story caught my eye for two reasons: after I’d stopped smiling at the image of a dog shooting his master in the posterior (no [...]

Posted on: December 20 2011 | Posted by: | Comments: 1 | Categories: English in use, Word origins | Tags: , , , , ,

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