Usually means: Large, old-fashioned revolver or handgun.
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  1. hogleg: Merriam-Webster
  2. hogleg: Wiktionary

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  1. hogleg: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Hogleg: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  (US, slang) Any large-caliber handgun, typically with a long barrel.

Similar:
hog leg, hog's leg, hagbut, heel, highman, hogshit, hagbus, hogshead, hhd., hoss, more...

Opposite:
derringer, pistol, revolver, handgun

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Similar:
hog leg, hog's leg, hagbut, heel, highman, hogshit, hagbus, hogshead, hhd., hoss, more...

Opposite:
derringer, pistol, revolver, handgun



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