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SHOT IN THE LOCKER

Specialty Definition: SHOT IN THE LOCKER

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Literature

Shot in the Locker I haven't a shot in the locker - a penny in my pocket or in my purse. If a sailor says there is not a shot in the locker, he means the ship is wholly without ammunition, powder and shot have all been expended. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: SHOT IN THE LOCKER

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Means

Noun: means, resources, wherewithal, ways and means; capital; (money); revenue; stock in trade; provision; a shot in the locker; appliances; (machinery); means and appliances; conveniences; cards to play; expedients; (measures); two strings to one's bow; sheet anchor; (safety); aid; medium.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Expression: SHOT IN THE LOCKER

Expression using "SHOT IN THE LOCKER": a shot in the locker. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: SHOT IN THE LOCKER

Language Translations for "SHOT IN THE LOCKER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

segélyforrás (resort), vastartalék (emergency ration, iron ration). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otshay inay ethay ockerlay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: SHOT IN THE LOCKER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-e-h-h-i-k-l-n-o-o-r-s-t-t"

-3 letters: kinetochores.

-4 letters: hectoliters, interschool, kinetochore, tenterhooks.

-5 letters: centrioles, hectoliter, henotheist, interlocks, skeletonic, tenterhook, thickeners.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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2. Translations: Modern
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