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hoglegs

hoglegs is the plural 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

Questions about hoglegs

What is hoglegs the plural of?
Hoglegs is the plural of hogleg.

Words near hoglegs in the dictionary

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

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