Riding shotgun
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riding-shotgun-190-4544424
title:
Riding shotgun
text:
"Riding shotgun" was a phrase used to describe the bodyguard who rides alongside a stagecoach driver, typically armed with a break-action shotgun, called a coach gun, to ward off bandits or hostile Native Americans. In modern use, it refers to the practice of sitting alongside the driver in a moving vehicle. The coining of this phrase dates to 1905 at the latest.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Person next to the driver, turned into a game
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riding_shotgun
date created:
2001-03-27T21:34:12Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T15:29:33Z
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13
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