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Great West and Pacific Coast 73: To ‘vamose the ranch’ means to clear out, to depart, to cut stick, to absquatulate.at absquatulate, v.
Great West and Pacific Coast 73: To ‘vamose the ranch’ means to clear out, to depart, to cut stick, to absquatulate. Great West and Pacific Coast 73: ‘Pay-streak’ means a vein of gold or silver quartz, that it will pay to work. When it ceases to pay, it is said to ‘peter out’.at peter out, v.
Great West and Pacific Coast 72: An ‘outfit’ is a very general term, meaning anything you may happen to have, from a stamp-mill complete to a tooth-pick – a suit of clothes or a revolver – a twelve-ox team or a velocipede.at outfit, n.1
Great West and Pacific Coast 74: ‘Going back to the states one of these days?’ ‘When I make my pile! You bet!’ firm and decided.at pile, n.1
Great West and Pacific Coast 72: His slang – half Mexican, half miner-is everywhere the language of the masses. A ‘square’ meal is his usual phrase for a full or first-rate one. A ‘shebang’ means any structure, from a hotel to a shanty.at shebang, n.
Pacific Coast 90: These animals are called by a number of humorous nicknames – sachet pussy, perfume merchant, essence peddler, wood pussy -but a skunk by any other name.at essence-peddler (n.) under essence, n.1
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