son of a gun
noun
a rogue; rascal; scoundrel.
sons of guns
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pluralof son of a gun.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Now we’re the lucky sons of guns, and I love it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2023
Him and everyone like him, the lucky sons of guns who slide through life like they’re greased.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
With your common artillery officers, landlubbers, smell-the-wicks, cross-the-braces sons of guns, there had better not be anything at all put up.
From Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
All my messmates wuz skeered ter death, an' droppin' down upon thar marrer bones about ther deck, they begun ter pray like sons of guns.
From Jack Wright and His Electric Stage; or, Leagued Against the James Boys by
Even Congressmen will answer to the command of "Charge—mileage!" and it is stated that sons of guns in every variety are already being born at the West—sons of "Pop" guns, my boy.
From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 by R. H. (Robert Henry) Newell
