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in Schoolboy, Cowboy, Mexican Spy (1977) 52: My father was hanged as a horse thief. / My mother was burned as a witch. / My sisters ain’t fit f’r a flop house, / I’m a cow-punching son-of-a-bitch.at flophouse, n.
in Schoolboy, Cowboy, Mexican Spy (1977) 52: My father was hanged as a horse thief. / My mother was burned as a witch. / My sisters ain’t fit f’r a flop house, / I’m a cow-punching son-of-a-bitch. (con. 1908) Schoolboy, Cowboy, Mexican Spy 20: ‘The big vegetable in these parts’ he said, ‘is Tom Isles.’.at big vegetable (n.) under big, adj.
(con. 1908) Schoolboy, Cowboy, Mexican Spy 6: He and Charlie would ‘build the biscuits’ (a range expression for ‘get dinner’).at build the biscuits (v.) under biscuit, n.1
(con. 1911) Schoolboy, Cowboy, Mexican Spy 136: Hark that no ’count blabber-guts.at blabberguts (n.) under blabber, n.
(con. early 20C) Schoolboy, Cowboy, Mexican Spy 35: He asked me no questions about my experience working with cattle, so I did not have to stretch the blanket — very much.at stretch a/the blanket (v.) under blanket, n.
(con. 1908) Schoolboy, Cowboy, Mexican Spy 14: He handed me two silver ‘cartwheels’ – the first money I had ever earned.at cartwheel, n.1
(con. 1911) Schoolboy, Cowboy, Mexican Spy 141: ‘Cheese it!’ a nearby voice whispered to me [...] ‘That’s Pancho Villa!’.at cheese it!, excl.
(con. 1908) Schoolboy, Cowboy, Mexican Spy 40: Whatja pay for them clodhoppers?at clodhopper, n.
(con. 1908) Schoolboy, Cowboy, Mexican Spy 35: Shabby ‘catalog shoes’ – a cheap pattern with the ‘gunboat toes’ worn in Philadelphia.at gunboat, n.1
(con. 1911) Schoolboy, Cowboy, Mexican Spy 182: Every nation in creation, / Gets a jag on but the Jews.at get a jag on (v.) under jag, n.1
(con. 1911) Schoolboy, Cowboy, Mexican Spy 131: There’s no law – Mex’ ner ’Merican – in them bastards camp.at Mex, adj.
(con. 1908) Schoolboy, Cowboy, Mexican Spy 42: He was the outfit’s nighthawk [...] A night herder’s job was important.at nighthawk, n.
(con. 1911) Schoolboy, Cowboy, Mexican Spy 135: If li’l ol’ sawed-off Madero don’t do suthink right now.at sawed-off, adj.
(con. 1911) Schoolboy, Cowboy, Mexican Spy 140: Others were met at the doorway by Little Sawed-Off himself.at sawed-off, n.
(con. 1911) Schoolboy, Cowboy, Mexican Spy 142: I noticed that Villa ‘packed’ his rifle on the offside of his saddle.at pack, v.1
(con. 1908) Schoolboy, Cowboy, Mexican Spy 55: The son-of-a-bitching anti-Christ cook won’t fry ’em.at sonofabitching, adj.
(con. 1908) Schoolboy, Cowboy, Mexican Spy 110: Several times on the trip ‘shacks’ (brakemen) roused me at night to see if I was harboring ‘stiffs’ (hoboes).at stiff, n.1
(con. 1908) Schoolboy, Cowboy, Mexican Spy 9: I’ll peel your hide off your tailbone both ways.at tailbone (n.) under tail, n.
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