Meaning
slang A one-story house in which each room is in a straight alignment with the others, connected by a continuous hallway running from the front to the back of the residence. Chiefly used in the Southern United States.
Examples
When our whole family goes to stay in my grandmother’s shotgun house in New Orleans, it always feels like we’re all right on top of one another.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What does the idiom ‘shotgun house’ mean?
The idiom ‘shotgun house’ means “to deal with a difficult situation without being harmed or damaged”
How do you use ‘shotgun house’ in a sentence?
Example usage of idiom ‘shotgun house’: Newspapers have weathered the storm of online information by providing news online themselves.