bacamarte

Portuguese

Etymology

Probably from French braquemart.

Noun

bacamarte m (plural bacamartes)

  1. blunderbuss (old style of firearm with a large opening at the muzzle)
  2. (figuratively, colloquial, pejorative) tome (large old book)

Synonyms

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