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Fifty Years on the Trail 336: I lay on the ground with my glass, watching for ‘black ducks’.at black duck, n.1
Fifty Years on the Trail 336: I lay on the ground with my glass, watching for ‘black ducks’. Fifty Years on the Trail 169: I planted him one in the ‘bread basket’.at breadbasket (n.) under bread, n.1
Fifty Years on the Trail 215: Two of us slept in each waggon [...] I got my ‘bunkey,’ or travelling companion, to drive for me.at bunkie, n.
Fifty Years on the Trail 325: I found that thirty-two of his band had ‘passed in their chips’.at pass in one’s chips (v.) under chip, n.2
Fifty Years on the Trail 126: The quantity of ‘Tarantula juice’ we had to drink to keep our circulation going was surprising. ‘Tarantula juice’ is two quarts alcohol, a few burnt peaches, a plug of black tobacco, put in a keg and filled up to five gallons of water.at tarantula-juice, n.
Fifty Years on the Trail 357: The town was full of cow-punchers, mule-whackers, soldiers, and all sorts.at mule whacker (n.) under mule, n.
Fifty Years on the Trail 125: Our outfit consisted of from twenty-five to thirty head of ponies. Upon them our stores were packed.at outfit, n.1
Fifty Years on the Trail 169: I planted him one in the ‘bread basket’.at plant, v.2
Fifty Years on the Trail 7: I shipped as a junior waiter, in which capacity I could sling dishes around with the best of them.at sling, v.
Fifty Years on the Trail 364: As horse-stealing has ceased to be a virtue, the boys now ‘go it on the square’.at on the square under square, adj.
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