throw-down gun

throw-down gun
 n.— «The City Council unanimously approved a $428,000 settlement Tuesday for a Lousiana woman who sued the city because a “throw-down” gun was planted near her son after he was fatally shot by police.» —“Settlement approved” Baton Rouge Morning Advocate (La.) Mar. 20, 1985. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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