What does hog leg mean?
Hog leg means (US, slang) Any large-caliber handgun, typically with a long barrel..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(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 […].
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.
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Hog leg means (US, slang) Any large-caliber handgun, typically with a long barrel..
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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 […].
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