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[US] W.D. Overholser Buckaroo’s Code (1948) 95: ‘There’s no use looking around down here, boss,’ Gould yelled. ‘Blacker’n the inside of a bull’s belly.’.
at black as..., adj.
[US] W.D. Overholser Buckaroo’s Code (1948) 109: You look here, you tow-headed, bow-legged, ugly-faced baboon.
at baboon, n.
[US] W.D. Overholser Buckaroo’s Code (1948) 74: I sure hate to walk through gumbo when it’s wet [...] Balls up your feet something awful.
at ball up, v.
[US] W.D. Overholser Buckaroo’s Code (1948) 62: Cotton came through the batwings and was almost at the bar.
at batwing, n.
[US] W.D. Overholser Buckaroo’s Code (1948) 55: When we get the orders [...] we’ll beef every man jack of you.
at beef, v.2
[US] W.D. Overholser Buckaroo’s Code (1948) 31: Maxon never was anything but a hard case who drank too much [...] and now he’s ready for boothill.
at boot hill, n.
[US] W.D. Overholser Buckaroo’s Code (1948) 70: No use of you getting an idea about making a break ’cause it won’t get you nothing but a slug.
at make a break (v.) under break, n.2
[US] W.D. Overholser Buckaroo’s Code (1948) 14: If you showed up with a slug in your brisket, Keno and his whole bunch got fired.
at brisket, n.1
[US] W.D. Overholser Buckaroo’s Code (1948) 125: That’s the way thing works, Cotton. It’s no good to buck it.
at buck, v.2
[US] W.D. Overholser Buckaroo’s Code (1948) 8: Buckaroos drink together. [Ibid.] 103: He’s a long drink of water that used to buckaroo for Malloy.
at buckaroo, n.
[US] W.D. Overholser Buckaroo’s Code (1948) 52: Toad Maxon [...] tried to ’bush me in town the other night.
at bush, v.1
[US] W.D. Overholser Buckaroo’s Code (1948) 36: What he was afraid of most was that they’d bushwhack him.
at bushwhack, v.
[US] W.D. Overholser Buckaroo’s Code (1948) 52: You’ve got a hard-case rep, but you’re plumb yellow.
at hard-case, adj.
[US] W.D. Overholser Buckaroo’s Code (1948) 104: Holy, jumping bullfrogs, Mitch, she was telling the truth. [Ibid.] 117: ‘Holy, jumping caterpillars!’ Santiam groaned.
at jumping cats!, excl.
[US] W.D. Overholser Buckaroo’s Code (1948) 83: Go get that cayuse.
at cayuse, n.
[US] W.D. Overholser Buckaroo’s Code (1948) 15: Hod [sic] dang it, Cotton, why didn’t we eat at Charlies?
at hot damn!, excl.
[US] W.D. Overholser Buckaroo’s Code (1948) 30: Dang your ornery hide.
at dang, v.
[US] W.D. Overholser Buckaroo’s Code (1948) 83: Claims he wants to make a big spread out of it, and he’s got the dinero to do it.
at dinero, n.
[US] W.D. Overholser Buckaroo’s Code (1948) 63: And, Cotton, hit the dirt! You won’t have a chance with that damned bunch of killers.
at hit the dirt (v.) under dirt, n.
[US] W.D. Overholser Buckaroo’s Code (1948) 80: You’re on the dodge because of Malloy, aren’t you?
at on the dodge under dodge, n.
[US] W.D. Overholser Buckaroo’s Code (1948) 120: ‘You’re a yellow dog,’ Cotton shouted.
at yellow dog, n.
[US] W.D. Overholser Buckaroo’s Code (1948) 37: Somebody tried to drygulch him in town.
at dry gulch (v.) under dry, adj.1
[US] W.D. Overholser Buckaroo’s Code (1948) 52: A smart alec, long-tongued, sashay-dude like you.
at dude, n.1
[US] W.D. Overholser Buckaroo’s Code (1948) 18: On the receiving end of a .45 slug.
at forty-five, n.
[US] W.D. Overholser Buckaroo’s Code (1948) 11: That’s the gent.
at gent, n.1
[US] W.D. Overholser Buckaroo’s Code (1948) 58: I never seen a meaner cuss in a ruckus than that ornery gink.
at gink, n.1
[US] W.D. Overholser Buckaroo’s Code (1948) 64: He was a mighty cool, tough customer who figgers things down to a gnat’s eyebrow.
at gnat’s eyebrow (n.) under gnat, n.
[US] W.D. Overholser Buckaroo’s Code (1948) 35: I told June I didn’t want no money-grubbers like Jackson Malloy marrying into the Flagg family.
at grub, v.1
[US] W.D. Overholser Buckaroo’s Code (1948) 92: The two others were strangers, more gun-dogs Abernethy had brought in.
at gun dog (n.) under gun, n.1
[US] W.D. Overholser Buckaroo’s Code (1948) 72: The gun boss was in no shape to make trouble. He was lying flat on his back, out cold.
at gun boss (n.) under gun, n.1
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