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Afoot and Alone choose

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[US] S. Powers Afoot and Alone 277: Many slouching fellows make that pretense [i.e. supposedly searching for govt. lands] while they are really squatters or ‘coyotes’ [DA].
at coyote, n.
[US] S. Powers Afoot and Alone 131: If not, his little one-eyed scribe will make it right.
at one-eyed scribe, n.
[US] S. Powers Afoot and Alone 199: Your true American miner has no opinion which is not worth hard money [DA].
at hard, adj.
[US] S. Powers Afoot and Alone 130: We waded into ’em, and skinned ’em out mighty sudden [DA].
at wade in, v.
[US] S. Powers Afoot and Alone 130: We waded into ’em, and skinned ’em out mighty sudden [DA].
at skin, v.1
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