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[US] Indep. Record (Helena, MT) 12 Oct. 4/1: The Hon. Daniel Webster Voorhees grows melodramatically maudlin [...] He will feel better after the silver boys have rolled him over a barrel.
at have someone over a barrel (v.) under barrel, n.1
[US] Indep.-Record (St Helena, MT) 19 Aug. 7/5: Haggerty had just embarked upon his career as a beer jerker.
at beer-jerker (n.) under beer, n.
[US] Indep. Record (Helena, MT) 9 Oct. 3/7: Other westerners might be [...] bean and chili eaters (Mexicans).
at bean-eater (n.) under bean, n.1
[US] Indep. Record (Helena, MT) 9 Oct. 3/7: When you talk about a ‘blowpipe,’ you really mean a rifle.
at blowpipe, n.
[US] Indep. Record (Helena, MT) 9 Oct. 3/7: A cowboy can be [...] a ‘bull whacker’ (if his chore consists of driving the camp’s supply wagons).
at bullwhacker, n.
[US] Indep. Record (Helena, MT) 9 Oct. 3/7: If you’ve done something smart, you’ve just ‘cut a rusty’.
at cut a rusty (v.) under cut, v.3
[US] Indep. Record (Helena, MT) 9 Oct. 3/7: An ‘eyeballer’ (a gossiping busybody).
at eyeballer, n.
[US] Indep. Record (Helena, MT) 9 Oct. 3/7: Other westerners might be [...] nesters (pioneer farmers).
at nester, n.
[US] Indep. Record (Helena, MO) 9 Oct. 3/7: Talk about the weather might include some talk about Oklahoma rain (meaning a sandstorm).
at Oklahoma rain (n.) under Oklahoma, adj.
[US] Indep. Record (Helena, MT) 9 Oct. 3/7: If you’re thinking of playing a prank on a friend, the word is ‘ranikaboo.’.
at rannygazoo, n.
[US] Indep. Record (Helena, MT) 9 Oct. 3/7: Other westerners might be hay waddies (hay field workers) [...].
at waddie, n.
[US] Indep. Record (Helena, MT) 9 Oct. 3/7: Other westerners might be [...] swivel dudes and yacks (i.e. – gaudy fellows and stupid ones).
at yack, n.2
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