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Gangsters and Cops both called sawed off shotguns Whippets because they can be easily concealed and then whipped out for use very fast, Clyde Barrow always had several in his arsenal and called them his whippet. I am third generation Police Officer, my Father was a Sheriff of a large California Sheriffs Dept. He had a cut down Remington model 11 he always carried in his car, He too called it His whippet.
2nd Answerer says: I don't suppose any of those shotguns had tails. The dog was likely named this (around the 1600) because the word whip carries the connotation of "move quickly", per the Online Etymology Dictionary, related link listed below.
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∙ 10y agoThe exact answer is unknown. It is thought to be related to the 16th century term "whip it", meaning "move fast".
"Whippet" originally applied to a greyhound-spaniel mix; not the dog that we now call a "whippet".
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