shot-gun

See also: shotgun

English

Noun

shot-gun (countable and uncountable, plural shot-guns)

  1. Alternative spelling of shotgun.
    • 1919, Zöe Akins, chapter V, in Cake Upon the Waters, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 85:
      He gave Kitty advice about everything; he tramped the hills with the dogs, carrying a shot-gun that he never used; and he adventured upon a recently recommended diet of buttermilk and hickory-nuts.

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