Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Son of a gun


SAY WHAT?
A derogitory term, sometimes used as a suggestion of toughness. Rogue or scamp.

Origin

After sailors had crossed the Atlantic to the West Indies, they would take the native women on board the ship and have their way with them in between the cannons. Some of the women the sailors left behind would have boys, who were called sons between the guns.

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