shotgun cottage
shotgun cottage
(chiefly Southern United States 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. When our whole family goes to stay in my grandmother's shotgun cottage in New Orleans, it always feels like we're all right on top of one another.
See also: cottage, shotgun
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- hut
- shotgun house
- shotgun hut
- shotgun shack
- make life miserable for
- make life miserable for (one)
- continue with
- continue with (something)
- an eye for the main chance
- an eye on/for/to the main chance