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inscription on grave of Wild Bill Hickok in Wild Bill Hickok (1926) 288: You gave him a ‘bully good send’; Bill was friend to you, pard, And you were his last, best friend.at pard, n.
inscription on grave of Wild Bill Hickok in Wild Bill Hickok (1926) 288: You gave him a ‘bully good send’; Bill was friend to you, pard, And you were his last, best friend. (con. 1901) Wild Bill Hickok 259: Asked by Mr. Freeman if the quotation were true, Calamity replied, ‘All blankety-blank lies’.at blankety-blank, phr.
Wild Bill Hickok 284: Bill’s hand read ‘aces and eights’ – two pair, and since that day aces and eights have been known as ‘the dead man’s hand’ in the Western country.at dead man’s hand (n.) under dead man, n.
(con. 1860s) Wild Bill Hickok 174: One scrivener has said [...] Abilene was running over and bursting out at the sides with the double-distilled essence of depravity.at double-distilled (adj.) under double, adj.
(con. 1870s) Wild Bill Hickok 237: Let’s go down to the Gold Room an’ licker.at liquor (up), v.
(con. 1860s) Wild Bill Hickok 118: Springfield at the time, we gather [...] was what would be called a ‘wide-open’ burg.at wide-open, adj.
(con. 1860s) Wild Bill Hickok 45: M’Kandlas and his gang were border ruffians in the Kansas row, and, of course, they went with the rebs.at Reb, n.
(con. 1860s) Wild Bill Hickok 45: Well, he got savage mad about it and swore he would have his revenge.at savage, adj.
(con. 1860s) Wild Bill Hickok 201: He was ‘the mildest mannered man that ever scuttled ship or cut a throat’.at scuttle, v.
(con. 1860s) Wild Bill Hickok 121: That made Bill shooting mad [...] he got up and looked Dave in the eye and said: ‘I don’t want to make a row in this house.’.at shooting, adj.
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