Read this sentence from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles wingspanens:

The guard soon replaced his blunderbuss in his arm-chest, and, having looked to the rest of its contents, and having looked to the supplementary pistols that he wore in his belt, looked to a smaller chest beneath his seat, in which there were a few smith's tools, a couple of torches, and a tinder-box . . .

Based on the context, a blunderbuss is most likely which of the following?

A coin

A flashlight

A vest

A weapon

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Read this sentence from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles wingspanens: 

The guard soon replaced his blunderbuss in his arm-chest, and, having looked to the rest of its contents, and having looked to the supplementary pistols that he wore in his belt, looked to a smaller chest beneath his seat, in which there were a few smith's tools, a couple of torches, and a tinder-box . . . 

Based on the context, a blunderbuss is most likely which of the following?

 A coin

 A flashlight

 A vest

 A weapon

anonymous · Answer

Its a weapon. 
"A short-barreled large-bored gun with a flared muzzle, used at short range."

anonymous · Answer

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