shotgun shack, shotgun house, railroad flat, etc

Mullins, Bill Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL
Fri Sep 23 04:47:18 UTC 2005


>> Shotgun shack (Not in OED)
>> Shotgun house (Not in OED)
>
>Actually, both are in OED, covered by _shot-gun_ sense 3.b.,
>"Designating a house or other building with rooms set in a
>line on either side of a long central hallway," which has
>cites for ~ dwelling house, ~ building, ~ house, ~ shanty,
>and ~ shack.

Whoops!! My bad . . . 



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