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hogleg

hogleg noun: any large-caliber handgun, typically with a long barrel.

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
    • Well I been a-ridin' shotgun on the Houston-Dallas stage / I got me a sawed-off hogleg, twenty is the number gauge / I'd shoot anybody, that would try to stop this ride / A lot of outlaws tried it, a lot of outlaws died.1975, Marty Robbins, Shotgun Rider

Forms of hogleg

pluralhoglegs
alternative formhog's leg

Origin of hogleg

From hog + leg.

Questions about hogleg

What does hogleg mean?
Hogleg means any large-caliber handgun, typically with a long barrel.
What part of speech is hogleg?
Hogleg is a noun.
What is the plural of hogleg?
The plural of hogleg is hoglegs.

Words near hogleg in the dictionary

  1. hoghs
  2. Hoghton
  3. Hoghtons
  4. hogjaw
  5. Hogle
  6. hogleg
  7. hoglegs
  8. Hoglen
  9. Hogles
  10. hogless
  11. hoglet

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