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pawgun en · NOUN

Etymology

From paw + gun.

Meanings

1. (derogatory, idiomatic, slang, uncommon) A handgun, when held in the paw of an animal (or animalistic person).
   • She thought that the guy was rude too, so she threw the smoking gun away that she had just used and then pulled out a small pawgun from her pawbag, checked to see if there were any bullets in it. 2010, Daniel S. Knowles, Rodents on the Prowl, page 674:
   • Jal Bolt has invented the seven-shooter, sir, a most prestigious pawgun which will fire seven bullets without reloading. 2011, Garry Kilworth, Heastward Ho! A Welkin Weasel Adventure:
   • A woman wakes up after being poked by the pawgun held by Jason Donte Hayes. It demands she take it to ATM machine and get it $2,000. The machine only allows her to withdraw $460, and additional transactions are denied. The dumb boon then takes the woman home, wakes the husband, and tells them to to^([sic]) go back to bed, but meet it tomorrow with the additional $1500. The nigger shows up in the same clothes and is cuffed. It has some of the money, and a gold watch it took the night before. 2016 January 12, Dave Norris, “Teenaper returns for mo' loot...SHEET!”, in soc.culture.african.american (Usenet):

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