Usually means: Cheap, low-quality, small handgun.
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  1. Saturday-night special: Wiktionary
  2. Saturday-night special: Infoplease Dictionary
  3. Saturday-night special: Dictionary.com

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  1. Saturday-night special: Financial dictionary

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  1. Saturday-night special: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Saturday-night special: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Saturday-night special)

noun:  (US) An inexpensive, easily obtained handgun.
noun:  (US, historical) An overnight weekend train.
noun:  (US, obsolete) A seasonal (usually October to December) sale on Saturday evening.
noun:  (US, slang, obsolete) A girl who can be dated easily on Saturday evenings.
noun:  (business, dated) An unexpected takeover bid that gives its opponents little time to respond.

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