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- both barrels, with
both barrels, with
both barrels, with
With full force, as in When I scolded her for stealing, I let her have it with both barrels. This term alludes to firing with both barrels of a double-barreled shotgun. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Hanga | | HAWN-gaw | Hungarian |
| Makaio | | - | Hawaiian |
| Julien | | zhoo-lee-AWN | French |
| Samo | | - | Slovene, Medieval Slavic |
| Premysl | | - | Medieval Slavic (Hypothetical) |
| Anselma | | ahn-ZEL-mah (German) | German, Italian, Spanish |