1889 K. Munroe Golden Days of ’49 127: Do we hold over Bowers? You may just bet your sweet life we do! Have we got him where the wool’s all wore off the top of his head?at have someone/something by the short and curlies (v.) under short and curlies, n.
1889 K. Munroe Golden Days of ’49 26: Are you willing to work in cahoots with yours truly?at in cahoots (with) under cahoots, n.
1889 K. Munroe Golden Days of ’49 272: That’s him! Thats Jedge Fisher. Ain’t he just a chick-a-dee-dee with the cheek of a government mule!at chickadee, n.
1889 K. Munroe Golden Days of ’49 254: I bought the hoss, ’cause I wanted one [...] but he’s such an ugly cuss.at cuss, n.1
1889 K. Munroe Golden Days of ’49 262: Me and my pard was scooping in a pile when three galoots [...] played it low down on us and vamosed with the dinero.at dinero, n.
1889 K. Munroe Golden Days of ’49 127: Do we hold over Bowers?at hold over someone (v.) under hold, v.1
1889 K. Munroe Golden Days of ’49 26: A white man who doesn’t know a monte lay-out from a checker-board.at layout, n.
1889 K. Munroe Golden Days of ’49 188: If you notice me anyways snifty or piling on any lugs in this here camp, you just bump me down hard.at put on lugs (v.) under lugs, n.
1889 K. Munroe Golden Days of ’49 181: Nifty! Pard, just chalk it on your slate that it’s going to be nifty, and high-toned, and run in a bang-up hotel style.at nifty, adj.
1889 K. Munroe Golden Days of ’49 188: If you notice me getting anyways snifty [...] you just bump me down hard once or twice.at snifty, adj.