shotgun double

noun

Two shotgun houses which share a central wall.

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Meanings

nounshotgun double (plural shotgun doubles)

plural shotgun doubles

  1. USTwo shotgun houses which share a central wall.

    I saw a dead guy on the front porch of a shotgun double on a working-class street, and the only sound was wind chimes.

    2005, Chris Rose, 1 Dead in Attic, Simon & Schuster, published 2015, page 11
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APA

shotgun double. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shotgun%20double

MLA

“shotgun double.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shotgun%20double. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shotgun double,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shotgun%20double.

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