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Meaning of son of a gun | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. son of a bitch
  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!”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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