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From: "David Sachs" <sachs1926@comcast.new>
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Subject: When did "sharpshooter" enter English
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Does anyone know when the word "sharpshooter" was first used in English?
I found a reference to it being a translation of the German "scharfshutz"
ca. 1802. If correct, this would debunk the story that it originated with
the Sharpes rifle in the 1860s.
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