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Owen Wister Out West choose

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[US] O. Wister diary 18 July in Wister Owen Wister Out West (1958) 35: The would-be squatters have crawled.
at crawl, v.2
[US] O. Wister Texas Vocab. in Wister Owen Wister Out West (1958) 159: To fog to hurry, to scamper, to go quickly.
at fog, v.1
[US] O. Wister diary 19 July in Wister Owen Wister Out West (1958) 36: I slung my teeth over the corned beef she gave me and I thought I was eating a hammock.
at sling one’s teeth (v.) under sling, v.
[US] O. Wister diary 21 Feb. in Wister Owen Wister Out West (1958) 152: The Bunk House.
at boar’s nest (n.) under boar, n.1
[US] O. Wister ‘Texas Vocab.’ in Wister Owen Wister Out West (1958) 159: Bobble mistake, blunder.
at bobble, n.
[US] O. Wister Texas Vocab. in Wister Owen Wister Out West (1958) 159: To break it off in a person to get the better, to outdo.
at break it off in, v.
[US] O. Wister ‘Texas Vocab.’ in Wister Owen Wister Out West (1958) 159: Bugged up dressed up.
at bugged up, adj.1
[US] O. Wister diary 21 Feb. in Wister Owen Wister Out West (1958) 153: A man lame from being shot in the leg is ‘Crip’ Jones.
at crip, n.
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