(slang) an exclamation, usually used to show
surprise or disappointment. The
phrase has been in
use for over two centuries and originally was a descriptive
term conveying
contempt in a slight degree, applied to
boys born afloat when women were occasionally allowed to accompany men in ships of the British Navy. Voyages were frequently long and
conditions cramped, and any woman about to give
birth had to do so beneath or beside one of the
ship's guns, behind an improvised
screen. Well, I'll be a son of a
gun, it does too.
(slang) an exclamation used to
express amazement,
surprise or annoyance, or to add emphasis to a
statement. The
phrase has been in
use for over two centuries and originally was a descriptive
term conveying
contempt in a slight degree, applied to
boys born afloat when women were occasionally allowed to accompany men in ships of the British Navy. Voyages were frequently long and
conditions cramped, and any woman about to give
birth had to do so beneath or beside one of the
ship's guns, behind an improvised
screen.
an exclamation usually used to show
surprise or disappointment. The
phrase has been in
use for over two centuries and originally was a descriptive
term conveying
contempt in a slight degree, applied to
boys born afloat when women were occasionally allowed to accompany men in ships of the British Navy. Voyages were frequently long and
conditions cramped, and any woman about to give
birth had to do so beneath or beside one of the
ship's guns, behind an improvised
screen. And they looked, and I'll be a son of a
gun, that
pc had been ended and wasn't audited for five
consecutive days, although a top- priority
pc. -Out-
Tech (21
Sept. 65)
used as an exclamation, usually to show
surprise or disappointment. The
phrase has been in
use for over two centuries and originally was a descriptive
term conveying
contempt in a slight degree, applied to
boys born afloat when women were occasionally allowed to accompany men in ships of the British Navy. Voyages were frequently long and
conditions cramped, and any woman about to give
birth had to do so beneath or beside one of the
ship's guns, behind an improvised
screen.
(slang) an exclamation, usually used to show
surprise or disappointment. I'll be a son of a
gun if the
board isn't taking
care of all of these types of beings.
an exclamation, usually used to show
surprise or disappointment. The
phrase has been in
use for over two centuries and originally was a descriptive
term conveying
contempt in a slight degree, applied to
boys born afloat when women were occasionally allowed to accompany men in ships of the British Navy. Voyages were frequently long and
conditions cramped, and any woman about to give
birth had to do so beneath or beside one of the
ship's guns, behind an improvised
screen. Well, I'll be a son of a
gun, it does too.