Riding shotgun
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"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.[1]
For other uses, see Riding shotgun (disambiguation).
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Origin/etymology | A bodyguard riding alongside a stagecoach driver (derived from "shotgun messenger") |
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Coined by | Alfred Henry Lewis (1905) |
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