Hogleg
noun, slang
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 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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