sawed-off

[ sawd-awf, -of ]

/ ˈsɔdˈɔf, -ˈɒf /

sawed off at the end, as a shotgun or broomstick.

Slang. smallish; of less than average size or stature.

Origin of sawed-off

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

A few feet from where we sit is the sawed-off stump of a third willow.

The Stacks: The Judas Priest Teen Suicide Trial |Ivan Solotaroff |June 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Two feet from the sawed-off stump of a third willow is the small foot-pump carousel Ray was sitting on when he shot himself.

The Stacks: The Judas Priest Teen Suicide Trial |Ivan Solotaroff |June 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He was the point man in the promotion when Evel Knievel swore he'd soar across Snake River Canyon in a sawed-off rocket ship.

The Stacks: Harold Conrad Was Many Things, But He Was Never, Ever Dull |Mark Jacobson |March 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The burglar was a career criminal, just out of prison after robbing a liquor store with a sawed-off shotgun.

One Redneck’s Gun Stand |Joe McLean |February 13, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Bones and fragments, including teeth and sawed-off jawbones, were discovered after much of his farm was dug up in 2002.

He Wanted to Kill 50 Women |Barbie Latza Nadeau |August 18, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Andrew, thrilling with horror, recognized one as a sawed-off shotgun.

Way of the Lawless |Max Brand
Take the subject; it wasn't any of your little, sawed-off, one-year sprints.

Kilo |Ellis Parker Butler
A man stepped out of the shadows, looked closely at him, pointed a sawed-off shotgun at the ground and said, "Go ahead."

Trading Jeff and his Dog |James Arthur Kjelgaard
And they've got four sawed-off shotguns and a tommy-gun in the back seat.

The Ambulance Made Two Trips |William Fitzgerald Jenkins
Longley ran into the tollhouse and came out with a sawed-off shotgun.

Down the Mother Lode |Vivia Hemphill