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The Long Trail from Texas choose

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[US] F. Hunt Long Trail from Texas 39: You dad-bern [sic], Arkansas thowoffs!
at dad-burn, adj.
[US] F. Hunt Long Trail from Texas 18: I’m head wrangler of you two buttons.
at button, n.3
[US] F. Hunt Long Trail from Texas 130: Why don’t ya tell this bunch a’ dirt-eatin’ shorthorns ta go ta hell.
at dirt-eater (n.) under dirt, n.
[US] F. Hunt Long Trail from Texas 50: That’s the right time o’ year to have hell a-poppin’. An’ what those them mossy horns ’ll do in a real-fer-sure storm’ll be a caution.
at for sure, adv.
[US] F. Hunt Long Trail from Texas 264: Valentine was a hangout for Sand Hill desperados and rustlers [...] It was Hell’s Half Acre.
at hell’s half acre (n.) under hell, n.
[US] F. Hunt Long Trail from Texas 14: He wanted to ki-yi, but he knew that might frighten the herd.
at ki-yi, v.
[US] F. Hunt Long Trail from Texas 39: You dad-bern [sic], Arkansas thowoffs! I’ll larn ya yer manners afore ya ever wet yer feet ag’in.
at throw-off, n.
[US] F. Hunt Long Trail from Texas 120: Never seen such an ornery lookin’ bunch of critters in my life.
at ornery, adj.
[US] F. Hunt Long Trail from Texas 131: Shut up reb, an’ get movin’ afore I fergit myself.
at Reb, n.
[US] F. Hunt Long Trail from Texas 117: You pimple-faced, milk-fed shorthorn, why don’t ya go back to Kansas where ya belong?
at shorthorn (n.) under short, adj.1
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