Definition of "hogleg" [hogleg]

• Any large caliber handgun, typically with a long barrel. (noun)

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• "You can strap your hogleg on in a holster and casually walk down Main Street and go in any store."
• "The 660 is a short light powerful rifle not much harder to carry than a hogleg revolver."
• "Wasn't for the iPod and iPhone, they wouldn't be ahead of anybody in anything now, and the competition is just idling along, waiting for Apple to reach for its hogleg."