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son of a gun

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son of a gun Informal
n. pl. sons of guns
1. A person; a fellow: That son of a gun knows how to sell cars and sell them well.
2. A rascal; a scamp: That son of gun is always playing practical jokes.
interj.
Used to express annoyance, disappointment, or surprise.
son of a gun
n pl sons of guns
Slang chiefly US and Canadian a rogue or rascal: used as a jocular form of address


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She then returned to her uncle, the old gun, or son of a gun, as the case may be, and he taught her to write and speak Latin, which was the language of literature and polite society at that period.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
Exercise a little ordinary care, you ivory-skulled young son of a gun.
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