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词汇	ben thompson
词源	Ben Thompson. Any legendary gunfighter. The real Ben Thompson (1842–84) was a professional gambler said by some to be the fastest shot in the West, and several times shot the gun out of an opponent’s hand. He died in an ambush in which he was greatly outnumbered, so it is said.
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