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Definition of Sawed-off shotgun
1. Noun. A shotgun with short barrels.
Definition of Sawed-off shotgun
1. Noun. A sawn-off shotgun ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sawed-off Shotgun
Literary usage of Sawed-off shotgun
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. School Violence: What Is Being Done to Combat School Violence? What Should edited by John L. Mica (2001)
"Some news accounts have suggested that the alleged perpetrators may have possessed
a "sawed-off" shotgun or "sawed-off ' rifle. ..."
2. State Laws and Ordinances on Firearms by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"Nothing contained in this article shall prohibit or interfere with the possession
of a "sawed-off' shotgun or "sawed-off rifle for scientific purposes, ..."
3. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1913)
"... hesitated a moment between an impulse to obey the stern command and a desire
to argue the matter with his sawed-off shotgun. The man behind the wall, ..."
4. A Clash of Arms: The Great American Gun Debate by DIANE Publishing Company (1991)
"The Court declared: In the absence of any evidence tending to show that possession
or use of a [sawed-off shotgun] at this time has some reasonable ..."
5. The Red-blooded Heroes of the Frontier by Edgar Beecher Bronson (1910)
"... carrying no passengers, and guarded by six or eight "messengers " or " sawed-off
shotgun men," conveyed often as high as two hundred thousand dollars of ..."
6. My Quarter Century of American Politics by Champ Clark (1920)
"For years the sawed-off shotgun has been the favorite weapon of the American
really out gunning for the other fellow or expecting the other fellow to come ..."
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