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Out West Sept. 355: And what does it appear to you, compadre? [DA].at compadre, n.
Out West Sept. 355: And what does it appear to you, compadre? [DA]. Out West June 624: The Rod he raised me to 30 dollars a month while the fall work was going on [DA].at ramrod, n.
Out West 22 127: ‘An easy lay is more to my likin’. Of course, T mean the real, simon- pure, nothin' under the table. But then, ye know. I always expect the coin to wander across’.at easy lay (n.) under easy, adj.
Out West 22 207: A little job that I had just finished afforded me a ‘road stake’—— $8.00.at road stake (n.) under road, n.
Out West Apr. 319: I suppose you noticed my mount today [DA].at mount, n.
Out West Mar. 246: The ‘Statehood fight’ concerns the territories only, and is ‘no skin off the knuckles’ of California [DA].at no skin off one’s nose under skin, n.1
Out West Apr. 319: The men had unrolled their ‘tarps’ and spread their beds for the night on the ground in front of the little shack [DA].at tarp, n.
Out West 27-8 255: Now, where's that jelly-bellied Dutch cook gone to?at jelly-bellied (adj.) under jelly, n.1
Out West Oct. 241: ‘Up the flume’ was handed down to us by the forty-niners, as was ‘petered out’; ‘up Salt Creek,’ a synonymous expression, defies research.at up shit(’s) creek under shit creek, n.
Out West Oct. 240: The society lady whose friend is ‘in the swim’ at a fashionable resort and who invites you to ‘cut in on a rubber of whist.’.at cut in, v.
Out West Oct. 241: ‘Up the flume’ was handed down to us by the forty-niners, as was ‘petered out;’ ‘up Salt Creek,’ a synonymous expression, defies research.at go up the flume (v.) under flume, n.
Out West Oct. 241: ‘Hiking’ originated among the troops in the Philippines during our late unpleasantness with Spain and is a corruption of a native word meaning to move on, or travel. It is synonymous with ‘beat it,’ which is purely American and means to ‘hit the high spots.’.at take a hike (v.) under hike, n.1
Out West Oct. 241: But where, oh where did ‘put one over,’ ‘kibosh,’ [...] and a thousand and one other of their ilk come from?at kibosh, v.
Out West Oct. 240: This same lady [...] considers the user of ‘in the push,’ — synonymous with ‘in the swim,’ — ’moak,’ ‘cove,’ et cetera, a subject for missionary effort.at moke, n.1
Out West Oct. 241: ‘Up the flume’ was handed down to us by the forty-niners, as was ‘petered out;’ ‘up Salt Creek,’ a synonymous expression, defies research.at peter out, v.
Out West Oct. 240: This same lady [...] considers the user of ‘in the push,’ — synonymous with ‘in the swim,’ — ‘moak,’ ‘cove,’ et cetera, a subject for missionary effort.at in the push under push, n.
Out West Oct. 240: What, then, is to be said of the mental caliber of the group of ‘bachelor girls’ from whose drab and purple conversation we catch such phrases as ‘wouldn’t that rattle your slats?’.at wouldn’t that rattle your slats? under slat, n.3
Out West Oct. 241: For ‘ditch,’ ‘side track,’ ‘off his trolley,’ et cetera, we are indebted to the railroad calling.at off one’s trolley (adj.) under trolley, n.
Out West Oct. 239: Socially slang is a ‘climber’ from Climbersville.at -ville, sfx1
Out West May 311/1: I’m open like a clam to conviction, but I’m from Missoury, and has got to be showed [DA].at I’m from Missouri, phr.
Out West 43-4 209: She: (provocatively): What do I need? He: Caveman methods; and I only wish i were the caveman type.at cave-man, n.
Out West July 15/1: Didja see what Ripley did t’ that sob story of mine? [DA].at sob story (n.) under sob, n.1
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