Meaning of son of a gun | Babel Free

Definitions

1. son of a bitch
   euphemistic
2. Used encouragingly or to compliment.

Equivalents

Examples

“That son of a gun stole my wallet!”

“A plaugue tauke dee, dou damn’d Shon of a Gun, de Deevil carry dee away alive for me; […]”

“You Apollo's son, You're a son of a gun”

“Why, I say, old feller, what a happy feller I once thought you, and what a miserable son of a gun you really are!”

“"Why, Job, you old son of a gun, where the deuce have we got to now - eh?"”

“I don't break, I can hold the chrome / And it's weighing a ton and I'm a son of a gun”

“You son of a gun, you did it!”

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