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shotgun house

noun

Definition of SHOTGUN HOUSE

:  a house in which all the rooms are in direct line with each other usually front to back —called also shotgun cottage, shotgun shack — compare railroad flat
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First Known Use of SHOTGUN HOUSE

1903

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