Definition of Saturday night special

1. Noun. A cheap handgun that is easily obtained.

Generic synonyms: Handgun, Pistol, Shooting Iron, Side Arm

Definition of Saturday night special

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of Saturday-night special) An easily obtained handgun. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saturday Night Special

Satanity
Satanize
Satchel Paige
Satchmo
Satem
Saterland Frisian
Sati
Satie
Satkhira District
Satnami
Sattagydia
Sattler's elastic layer
Sattler's veil
Satureia
Satureia hortensis
Satureia montana
Satureja
Satureja acinos
Satureja calamintha glandulosa
Satureja calamintha officinalis
Satureja douglasii
Satureja grandiflora
Satureja hortensis
Satureja montana
Satureja nepeta
Satureja vulgaris

Literary usage of Saturday night special

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. State Laws and Ordinances on Firearms by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"Any federally licensed firearms dealer who sells a saturday night special Pistol, or any person who manufactures or assembles a saturday night special ..."

2. A Clash of Arms: The Great American Gun Debate by DIANE Publishing Company (1991)
"Minnesota Minnesota law makes it a gross misdemeanor for any federally licensed firearms dealer to sell a saturday night special pistol or to manufacture or ..."

3. Newsboy Service: A Study in Educational and Vocational Guidance by Anna Yeomans Reed (1917)
"The Times publishes three regular afternoon editions and a saturday night special which goes on sale about nine o'clock. The Sunday editions of the Times ..."

4. Guerrilla Warfare: Cause and Conflict by Walter R. Thomas (1981)
"As an example, the Soviet AK-47 automatic rifle, always a hot sales item, has become the international saturday night special, with about 55 million of them ..."

5. The Public School System of San Francisco, California: A Report to the San by United States Office of Education, Office of Education, United States (1919)
"Sunday morning magazine sections, or saturday night special editions are suitable places for university feature articles and editors seldom refuse to print ..."

6. State Laws and Ordinances on Firearms by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"Any federally licensed firearms dealer who sells a saturday night special Pistol, or any person who manufactures or assembles a saturday night special ..."

7. A Clash of Arms: The Great American Gun Debate by DIANE Publishing Company (1991)
"Minnesota Minnesota law makes it a gross misdemeanor for any federally licensed firearms dealer to sell a saturday night special pistol or to manufacture or ..."

8. Newsboy Service: A Study in Educational and Vocational Guidance by Anna Yeomans Reed (1917)
"The Times publishes three regular afternoon editions and a saturday night special which goes on sale about nine o'clock. The Sunday editions of the Times ..."

9. Guerrilla Warfare: Cause and Conflict by Walter R. Thomas (1981)
"As an example, the Soviet AK-47 automatic rifle, always a hot sales item, has become the international saturday night special, with about 55 million of them ..."

10. The Public School System of San Francisco, California: A Report to the San by United States Office of Education, Office of Education, United States (1919)
"Sunday morning magazine sections, or saturday night special editions are suitable places for university feature articles and editors seldom refuse to print ..."

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