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A New Mexico David choose

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[US] C.F. Lummis A New Mexico David 84: Don’t yo’ give me none o’ yo’r back talk.
at back-talk, n.
[US] C.F. Lummis A New Mexico David 84: Cain’t yo’ never mind yo’r own self ’thout pitchin’ onto somebody smaller’n yo’ be? The boy’s a good boy, ’n’ he shain’t be buffalered while I’m ’round.
at buffaloed, adj.
[US] C.F. Lummis A New Mexico David 70: In the wrestling matches, which were part of the sport, Pablo made all comers bite the dust.
at bite the dust (v.) under dust, n.
[US] C.F. Lummis A New Mexico David 93: We’ve agreed to give yo’ one hour to git.
at get, v.
[US] C.F. Lummis A New Mexico David 82: A queer dialect of Southwestern slang delivered with the Southern utterance learned from negro ‘mammies’.
at mammy, n.1
[US] C.F. Lummis A New Mexico David 84: Cain’t yo’ never mind yo’r own self ’thought pitchin’ onto somebody smaller’n yo’ be?
at pitch on (v.) under pitch, v.
[US] C.F. Lummis A New Mexico David 86: They scattered [...] to scour the woods and bring all the cattle to a common point on the shore of ‘Big Pond’.
at big pond (n.) under pond, the, n.
[US] C.F. Lummis A New Mexico David 88: Dassen’t even tackle thet boy to his face! But I’ll spile his dough!
at spoil someone’s dough (v.) under spoil, v.
[US] C.F. Lummis A New Mexico David 91: Thet wouldn’t be squar’ ’th the outfit. Yo’ all ’ve got’s much to say ’s I hev.
at square with (adj.) under square, adj.
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