"A regular sawed-off," assented Lil Artha, emphatically. From Wordnik.com. [Pathfinder or, The Missing Tenderfoot] Reference
"Here is where I shine by being a 'sawed-off,'" he informed me. From Wordnik.com. ["The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders] Reference
That meant getting busy, and digging with the pick with the sawed-off handle. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921] Reference
Picked out the tunes some ways on a little string-thing like a sawed-off guitar. From Wordnik.com. [The Spinner's Book of Fiction] Reference
Sniper fire sprayed from the rooftops; Zulus with pistols and sawed-off shotguns returned the fire. From Wordnik.com. [Ballots Or Bullets] Reference
"My detectives will carry rifles and sawed-off shotguns," he said, handing the pistols to the reporters. From Wordnik.com. [Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles] Reference
John noticed as Sweeney and the detectives hurried away that several of them carried sawed-off shotguns. From Wordnik.com. [Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles] Reference
The bark on these monoliths was intact, and the stubby ends of sawed-off branches protruded at intervals. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat Who Came To Breakfast]
He left the fun behind, too — a sawed-off, high-powered 6.5 mm Italian Army rifle with a four-power telescopic sight. From Wordnik.com. [The Day Kennedy Died] Reference
There was a table, a sawed-off log for a chair, a cupboard hanging against the wall, and a heap of straw in a corner for. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding at the War Front or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldier] Reference
"The last foot I have counted is that little sawed-off sample that has danced all around the edge; see it here, and here!". From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: Adventures on Strange Islands] Reference
He was staring down the smokey barrel of the sawed-off shot-gun building and into the now swirling, standing-room-only crowd. From Wordnik.com. [Slave to the Rhinestone] Reference
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