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[US] W.M. Raine Brand Blotters (1912) 219: I don’t care a jackstraw whether you do or not.
at not care a straw, v.
[US] W.M. Raine Brand Blotters (1912) 50: In every emergency with which he had to cope the man ‘stood the acid’.
at stand the acid (v.) under acid, n.2
[US] W.M. Raine Brand Blotters (1912) 73: Never knew a hold-up wasn’t eight foot high and then some.
at and then some!, excl.
[US] W.M. Raine Brand Blotters (1912) 70: The fellow made two bad breaks, though [...] They may land him in the pen yet.
at bad break (n.) under bad, adj.
[US] W.M. Raine Brand Blotters (1912) 28: He had ridden twenty-seven miles to see Melissy Lee and he had not quite expected this sort of a greeting. ‘If that don’t beat the Dutch.’.
at beat the Dutch, v.
[US] W.M. Raine Brand Blotters (1912) 168: ‘That you Jimmie?’ ‘Betcherlife.’.
at (you) bet your life! (excl.) under bet, v.
[US] W.M. Raine Brand Blotters (1912) 50: As for yo’ six bits, if you offer it to me I’ll take it as an insult.
at six bits (n.) under bit, n.1
[US] W.M. Raine Brand Blotters (1912) 22: He was no booze-fighting grubliner.
at booze-fighting, n.
[US] W.M. Raine Brand Blotters (1912) 194: You put that across bully. Never saw it done better.
at bully, adv.
[US] W.M. Raine Brand Blotters (1912) 127: Up to date I always had an idee I was some sort of a man, but dad gum it! I cayn’t see it hyer.
at dad-burn, v.
[US] W.M. Raine Brand Blotters (1912) 62: Drive on, José. Burn the wind and keep a-rollin’ south.
at burn the wind (v.) under burn, v.
[US] W.M. Raine Brand Blotters (1912) 65: If he busts the box, he’s got to carry it on a horse.
at bust, v.1
[US] W.M. Raine Brand Blotters (1912) 140: Think I’m a buzzard head?
at buzzard, n.
[US] W.M. Raine Brand Blotters (1912) 143: That’s twice hand-runnin’ I get a call-down. You’re mighty high-heeled today.
at calldown, n.
[US] W.M. Raine Brand Blotters (1912) 247: They couldn’t take me alive at all, and I reckon before I chequed in a few of them would.
at check in, v.
[US] W.M. Raine Brand Blotters (1912) 165: ‘Shut up!’ ordered the man [...] ‘I’m a clam,’ retorted the other.
at clam, n.1
[US] W.M. Raine Brand Blotters (1912) 189: Dad burn yore ornery hide, I ain’t see you long enough for a good talk in a coon’s age.
at coon’s age (n.) under coon, n.
[US] W.M. Raine Brand Blotters (1912) 239: Pass the cow and the sugar, Buck.
at cow, n.1
[US] W.M. Raine Brand Blotters (1912) 38: I’ll curl his hair for him onct [sic] I meet up with him again.
at curl someone’s hair (v.) under curl, v.1
[US] W.M. Raine Brand Blotters (1912) 200: I did you dirt onct, girl. And I’ve been a bad lot.
at do dirt to someone (v.) under dirt, n.
[US] W.M. Raine Brand Blotters (1912) 158: You don’t figure he’s aiming to throw us down – do you, Buck?
at throw down, v.
[US] W.M. Raine Brand Blotters (1912) 97: I suppose Norris has explained our mistake and eaten crow for all of us.
at eat boiled crow (v.) under eat, v.
[US] W.M. Raine Brand Blotters (1912) 22: He was no booze-fighting grubliner.
at grub-liner (n.) under grub, n.2
[US] W.M. Raine Brand Blotters (1912) 190: A joke’s a joke, girl. That’s twice hand-runnin’ I get a call-down. You’re mighty high-heeled to-day, ’pears like.
at high-heeled, adj.
[US] W.M. Raine Brand Blotters (1912) 120: Jim Little saw her cutting across country from the head-gates hell-to-split.
at hell to split (adv.) under hell, n.
[US] W.M. Raine Brand Blotters (1912) 27: When Burke sent me to his room he had lit out, taken a swift hike into the hills.
at take a hike (v.) under hike, n.1
[US] W.M. Raine Brand Blotters (1912) 72: How many of the hold-ups were there?
at hold-up, n.
[US] W.M. Raine Brand Blotters (1912) 34: You’re a woman that needs help, and any old time J. F. meets up with such a one he’s on the job.
at on the job under job, n.2
[US] W.M. Raine Brand Blotters (1912) 50: At Bar Double G we’re not doing friendly business with claim jumpers.
at jumper, n.1
[US] W.M. Raine Brand Blotters (1912) 166: Laws a mussy, Mistah Flatray, what they done be’n a-doin’ to you-all?
at lawks-a-mussy! (excl.) under lawks!, excl.
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