[Ads-l] Antedating of "Shotgun" (House)

[Shapiro, Fred]

shotgun (house) (OED 1938)

1923 Chicago Defender 29 Dec. 11 (ProQuest)

Have you ever seen a typical Negro cabin on a plantation in the Mississippi valley? ... The common type of these cabins is called a "shotgun house," because of its single-barrel construction.

Fred Shapiro





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