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A 1787 correspondent to The Gentleman's Magazine suggested that the phrase originally meant "a soldier's brat". [5]A 19th-century gun deck (HMS Victory).. The phrase potentially has its origin in a Royal Navy direction that pregnant women aboard smaller naval vessels give birth in the space between the broadside guns, in order to keep the gangways and crew decks clear. [6]
"In the presence of ladies", reports a 1942 Gourmet magazine piece, the dish was commonly called "son-of-a-gun stew" instead. [2] The "polite" name is used in the Gunsmoke episode "Long, Long Trail" in 1961 (7.6), also Gunsmoke Matt's Love Story in 1973 (19.3) and Disney's 1975 movie adaptation of The Apple Dumpling Gang .
When they hear that fellow's gun Because the Western folks all know He's a high-faluting, scooting, shooting, Son of a gun from Arizona, Ragtime Cowboy Joe. (verse) Dressed up every Sunday In his Sunday clothes He beats it to the village Where he always goes And every girl In town is Joe's 'Cause he's a ragtime bear. When he starts a-spieling
-son (English, Swedish, German, Norwegian, Scottish, Icelandic) "son (of)" (sometimes less recognizable, e.g. "Dixon"; in Iceland not part of a family name but the patronymic (sometimes matronymic) last name (by law), where (usually) the fathers's name is always slightly modified and then son added) [citation needed]
The chorus of American popular songwriter John Prine's song "Onomatopoeia" incorporates onomatopoeic words: "Bang! went the pistol", "Crash! went the window", "Ouch! went the son of a gun". The marble game KerPlunk has an onomatopoeic word for a title, from the sound of marbles dropping when one too many sticks has been removed.
A 21-gun salute differs from the three-volley salute typically seen at military funerals. That practice stems from a 17th-century European cease-fire tradition. After both sides of a battle had ...
Givens first decided she needed a gun years before her son shot himself in the hand. It was about eight years ago and she and her children were living near North 27th and West Hadley streets.
"Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)", by Janet Jackson, 2001 "Son of a Gun" (JX song), 1994 "Son of a Gun", by Black Oak Arkansas from Street Party, 1974 ...