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• s  well below average height
• s  cut short
  a sawed-off shotgun
  a sawed-off broomstick

• He was a stocky, sawed-off stub of a man; a seasoned war fighter with a valiant past he seldom tired of highlighting; an unconscionable braggart of modest means who resented the .
• He carried 14 pipe bombs, three smaller bombs, a propane tank, a sawed-off shotgun, and a .
• Eric Harris adjusts his video camera a few feet away, then settles into his chair with a bottle of Jack Daniels and a sawed-off shotgun in his lap.

• pint-size
• pint-sized
• runty
• sawn-off
• shortened

News & Articles

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• PITTSFIELD TWP: Preliminary exam moved to June 18 for man accused of firing at US-23 traffic
  A court hearing for the man accused of shooting at US-23 motorists with a sawed-off shotgun on Feb. 27 has been delayed one week.
  June 15, 2013 - The Saline Reporter
• Thief uses sawed off shotgun to rob Pandora's Boxxx in Batavia
  A mask-wearing man carrying a sawed-off shot gun robbed Pandora's Boxxx, an adult video and novelty store, as a clerk was preparing to close last night, according to the Sheriff's Office. The suspect is described as a white male, about 5' 9" tall and weighing more than 200 pounds. He was wearing a camouflage balaclava over his head and dark clothing. He was last seen on foot running through the ...
  June 13, 2013 - The Batavian
• Thief uses sawed off shotgun to rob Pandora's Box in Batavia
  A mask-wearing man carrying a sawed-off shot gun robbed Pandora's Box Novelty Store as a clerk was preparing to close the store last night, according to the Sheriff's Office. The suspect is described as a white male, about 5' 9" tall and weighing more than 200 lbs. He was wearing a camouflage balaclava over his head and dark clothing. He was last seen on foot running through the parking lot of ...
  June 13, 2013 - The Batavian

Quotes

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• Dorothy Parker in San Diego Union Tribune
  Hammett's work, Dorothy Parker wrote, was "as American as a sawed-off shotgun."