Meaning of sawed-off | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Shortened by sawing.
   not-comparable
2. Short, as though truncated.
   not-comparable, slang

Examples

“The sawed-off shotgun was illegal because its shorter barrel made it too easy to conceal.”

“He was a sawed-off runt, just a little guy, but he packed so much attitude into that little package that no one was going to make anything about it.”

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