Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having one end sawed off.
- adjective Slang Short; runty.
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- adjective Shortened by
sawing . - adjective slang Short (as though something that should be there isn't).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective well below average height
- adjective cut short
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Examples
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– In Miller, the Court ruled that a sawed-off shotgun was not covered by the 2nd Amendment because it was not a military weapon.
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In Miller, the Court ruled that a sawed-off shotgun was not covered by the 2nd Amendment because it was not a military weapon.
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In the case of federal laws, since a 1939 case involving sawed-off shotguns, United States v. Miller, the courts have held that the Second Amendment only confers a collective right to keep and bear arms, which must have a "reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia."
Kenneth C. Davis: A Right to Bare Arms? Arm Bears? The 2nd Amendment (Civics Primer #2) Kenneth C. Davis 2010
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Schwarzenegger called Nunez's sentence "excessive" because he received the same sentence as Ryan Jett, who was already on felony probation for possessing a sawed-off shotgun, and who actually stabbed Santos.
Last Minute Clemency Decision Could Tarnish Schwarzenegger's Legacy AP 2011
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In the case of federal laws, since a 1939 case involving sawed-off shotguns, United States v. Miller, the courts have held that the Second Amendment only confers a collective right to keep and bear arms, which must have a "reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia."
Kenneth C. Davis: A Right to Bare Arms? Arm Bears? The 2nd Amendment (Civics Primer #2) Kenneth C. Davis 2010
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Like the monster in the horror movies, you can lock all the doors, barricade all the windows, grab a sawed-off shotgun and hide in the basement.
One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011
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Like the monster in the horror movies, you can lock all the doors, barricade all the windows, grab a sawed-off shotgun and hide in the basement.
One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011
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Not the saccharine Disney versions, but the unexpurgated Grimms, with their sawed-off heels and lopped-off heads and altogether dark and nasty vision.
The Dark Side of Innocence Terri Cheney 2011
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Not the saccharine Disney versions, but the unexpurgated Grimms, with their sawed-off heels and lopped-off heads and altogether dark and nasty vision.
The Dark Side of Innocence Terri Cheney 2011
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Schwarzenegger called Nunez's sentence "excessive" because he received the same sentence as Ryan Jett, who was already on felony probation for possessing a sawed-off shotgun, and who actually stabbed Santos.
Last Minute Clemency Decision Could Tarnish Schwarzenegger's Legacy AP 2011
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