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Meanings of sawed-off in English

Well below average height.

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Usage of sawed-off in English
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It wears the half-civilized and shabby genteel garments of a sawed-off town.
Remarks
2
Even a sawed-off job had a certain unwieldiness compared to a handgun.
Death angel
3
Machine guns and sawed-off shotguns are illegal to manufacture without a license.
Wired
4
He carried what might have been a sawed-off shotgun in the other.
Skin Game
5
They had one legitimate ice axe and one funky, sawed-off third tool.
Climbing Magazine
6
I did get to practice shooting a sawed-off shotgun on that trip.
Climbing Magazine
7
Tom strolled out of the ditch, a sawed-off shotgun under his arm.
Man-Size
8
He reappeared with a sawed-off Remington riot gun with a pistol grip.
Internecine
9
It looked like the sawed-off handle to a broom or a rake.
Watch them die
10
Finally, another truly intelligent creature, even if he was a sawed-off shotgun.
A nose for justice
11
I grabbed it up and rammed the sawed-off barrels into his face.
Nothing in her way
12
She ain't scared of no sawed-off, hammered-down runt like Texas, No, siree!
Wyoming: A Story of the Outdoor West
13
Jack saw no shotgun nearby, not a conventional model or a sawed-off job.
Death angel
14
The cattleman took the seat beside Steelman, across his knees the sawed-off shotgun.
Gunsight Pass: How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a ...
15
And they've got four sawed-off shotguns and a tommy-gun in the back seat.
The Ambulance Made Two Trips
16
That meant getting busy, and digging with the pick with the sawed-off handle.
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921