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Definition of sawn-off shotgun noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

sawn-off shotgun

noun

/ˌsɔːn ɒf ˈʃɒtɡʌn/

/ˌsɔːn ɔːf ˈʃɑːtɡʌn/

(British English)

(North American English sawed-off shotgun)

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a shotgun with part of its barrel cut off, to make it easier to hideTopics War and conflictc2

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