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91shotgun marriage — noun Date: 1929 1. a marriage forced or required because of pregnancy called also shotgun wedding 2. a forced union < a spate of brokerage mergers…hastily arranged shotgun marriages John Brooks > …
92shotgun wedding — 1. a wedding occasioned or precipitated by pregnancy. 2. Informal. a compromise, merger, accord, etc., occasioned by necessity: The coalition government was obviously a shotgun wedding. Also, shotgun marriage. [1925 30, Amer.] * * * …
93Shotgun sequencing — An approach used to decode a genome by shredding ( shotgunning ) it into smaller fragments of DNA which can then be individually sequenced. The sequences of these fragments are then ordered, based on overlaps in the genetic code, and finally… …
94shotgun approach — If you use a shotgun approach, you cover a wide range in a non selective, haphazard and inefficient manner. Identifying a specific segment of the market as our target will be more effective than a shotgun approach …
95shotgun marriage — A shotgun marriage, or shotgun wedding, is one that is forced because of pregnancy. It is also used idiomatically for a compromise, agreement or arrangement that is forced upon groups or people by necessity. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
96shotgun wedding — n. a forced wedding, presumably because the bride is pregnant. □ It was a shotgun wedding, but they sure are in love. □ I thought shotgun weddings went out with feuds and things like that …
97shotgun cottage — noun see shotgun house …
98shotgun shack — noun see shotgun house …
99shotgun wedding — noun see shotgun marriage …
100Shotgun Players — The Shotgun Players is a critically acclaimed California East Bay regional theater group formed in a pizza parlor in Berkeley, California in 1992 by artistic director Patrick Dooley. [cite news|last=Rosen|first=Ruth|title=The play s the… …
