Hogleg

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any large-caliber handgun, typically with a long barrel. US, slang

    "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 […]."

Example

More examples

"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 […]."

Etymology

From hog + leg.

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