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butt-shaft (n.) Old form(s): Butshaft , but-shaft
blunt-headed arrow
LLL I.ii.169[Armado alone] Cupid's butt-shaft is too hard for Hercules' club
RJ II.iv.16[Mercutio to Benvolio, of Romeo] the very pin of his heart cleft with the blind bow-boy's butt-shaft
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