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hog leg

hog leg is the alternative spelling of hogleg.

Meaning of hogleg

Noun

hogleg (plural hoglegs)

  1. (US, slang) Any large-caliber handgun, typically with a long barrel.
    • A plain-clothes man with his coat off and his hog's leg looking like a fire plug against his ribs took one eye off his evening paper […].1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin, published 2010, page 228

Forms of hog leg

pluralhog legs

Questions about hog leg

What is hog leg the alternative spelling of?
Hog leg is the alternative spelling of hogleg.

Words near hog leg in the dictionary

  1. hog island
  2. hog islands
  3. hog jaw
  4. hog jaws
  5. hog Latin
  6. hog leg
  7. hog legs
  8. hog line
  9. hog line violation
  10. hog line violations
  11. hog lines

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