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sawed-offs

sawed-offs is the plural of sawed-off.

Meaning of sawed-off

Noun

sawed-off (plural sawed-offs)

  1. (US, slang) A shotgun with a barrel and sometimes buttstock which have been shortened by sawing them off; a sawed-off shotgun.
    • When I'm called off, I got a sawed-off / Squeeze the trigger and bodies are hauled off1988, N.W.A. (Ice Cube), "Straight Outta Compton", Straight Outta Compton, 8 Aug 1998
    Synonyms:
    sawn-off

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Questions about sawed-offs

What is sawed-offs the plural of?
Sawed-offs is the plural of sawed-off.

Words near sawed-offs in the dictionary

  1. sawed the baby in half
  2. sawed wood
  3. sawed-off
  4. sawed-off shotgun
  5. sawed-off shotguns
  6. sawed-offs
  7. sawer
  8. sawers
  9. sawest
  10. saweth
  11. sawfish

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