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  • 41gun — See: big cheese or big gun, give it the gun or give her the gun, great Godfrey or great guns, jump the gun, son of a gun, stick to one s guns or stand by one s guns, till the last gun is fired or until the last gun is fired …

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  • 42gun — 1 /gVn/ noun (C) 1 a weapon from which bullets or shells 1 (3) are fired 2 a tool used to send out a liquid, such as paint, grease 1 (2), or glue, by pressure see also: flashgun, spray gun 3 AmE informal someone who is temporarily put in a… …

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  • 43gun moll — Slang. 1. a female companion of a criminal. 2. a female criminal. Also called moll. [1905 10; gun in earlier Brit. argot thief (see GANEF), later taken as GUN1, which has influenced sense; cf. SON OF A GUN] * * * …

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  • 44son — n. 1 a boy or man in relation to either or both of his parents. 2 a a male descendant. b (foll. by of) a male member of a family, nation, etc. 3 a person regarded as inheriting an occupation, quality, etc., or associated with a particular… …

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  • 45Son — n. 1 a boy or man in relation to either or both of his parents. 2 a a male descendant. b (foll. by of) a male member of a family, nation, etc. 3 a person regarded as inheriting an occupation, quality, etc., or associated with a particular… …

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  • 46son of a bitch — noun a) An objectionable person. ...Count Davia, like a Son of a Bitch as he is, Chopd upon mine and the Duke of Mantuus Equipage, and rubbd off with our Plate, Jewels, and other Knicknacks of Inestimable Value. b) Any objectionable thing. This… …

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  • 47son — noun 1》 a boy or man in relation to his parents.     ↘a male descendant.     ↘a man regarded as the product of a particular influence or environment. 2》 (the Son) (in Christian belief) the second person of the Trinity; Christ. 3》 (also my son)… …

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  • 48son of a bitch —    an illegitimate child    Once a deadly insult to both mother and child, but now a mild insult or expletive, often abbreviated to S.O.B. For a dissertation on son of a gun see gunner s daughter.    The synonymous son of a bachelor is obsolete …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 49son-of-a-bitch stew — (in the Old West) a stew often prepared by chuck wagon cooks for working cowboys, containing tripe and often also the heart, liver, brains, kidney, etc., of a slaughtered steer. Also called son of a gun stew. * * * …

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  • 50son-of-a-bitch stew — (in the Old West) a stew often prepared by chuck wagon cooks for working cowboys, containing tripe and often also the heart, liver, brains, kidney, etc., of a slaughtered steer. Also called son of a gun stew …

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