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[US] A. Adams Log of a Cowboy 269: The dealer has lowered the limit from a hundred to fifty, for old Paul is playing them as high as a cat’s back.
at higher than a cat’s back, adj.
[US] A. Adams Log Of A Cowboy 360: The old gent knew a thing or two about horses.
at know a thing or two, v.
[US] A. Adams Log Of A Cowboy 275: The horse of some peeler, working with one of Shanghai Pierce’s herds, acted up one morning and fell backward with him.
at act up, v.
[US] A. Adams Log of a Cowboy 125: That style of dress is what you call lo and behold.
at lo and behold, n.
[US] A. Adams Log of a Cowboy 228: To june a herd of cattle across in this manner would have been shameful.
at june around, v.
[US] A. Adams Log Of A Cowboy 34: Your letter would hang him as sure as hell’s hot.
at sure as hell under sure as..., phr.
[US] A. Adams Log of a Cowboy 81: The family were these razorbacked, barnyard savages.
at barnyard savage (n.) under barnyard, adj.
[US] A. Adams Log Of A Cowboy 280: She asked me to make the bear sign – doughnuts, she called them.
at bear sign (n.) under bear, n.
[US] A. Adams Log of a Cowboy 380: Then with a few drinks under my belt and a rim-fire cigar in my mouth.
at under one’s belt under belt, n.
[US] A. Adams Log Of A Cowboy 125: I can’t quite make out this other duck, but I reckon he’s some big auger – a senator or governor, maybe.
at big auger (n.) under big, adj.
[US] A. Adams Log Of A Cowboy 334: A shave was two bits and a drink the same.
at two bits, n.
[US] A. Adams Log of a Cowboy 355: There were about a dozen entries and only one blackbird in the covey.
at blackbird, n.1
[US] A. Adams Log Of A Cowboy 355: There were about a dozen entries and only one blackbird in the covey.
at blackbird, n.1
[US] A. Adams Log Of A Cowboy 81: Are you sure you was n’t running a blazer yourself, or is it the wind merely rising?
at run a blazer (on/over) (v.) under blazer, n.
[US] A. Adams Log of a Cowboy 127: That fellow in front of the drug store over there, with the hard-boiled hat on.
at hard-boiled hat (n.) under hard-boiled, adj.
[US] A. Adams Log Of A Cowboy 362: And did you notice the pock-marked colonel, baring his brisket to the morning breeze?
at brisket, n.1
[US] A. Adams Log Of A Cowboy 24: The Rebel and I were bunkies.
at bunkie, n.
[US] A. Adams Log of a Cowboy 37: I [...] put spurs to my horse, so that when they reached the brow of the hill, I was half a mile in the lead, burning the earth like a canned dog.
at burn the earth (v.) under burn, v.
[US] A. Adams Log Of A Cowboy 123: As he helped himself to a third piece of ‘fried chicken’ (bacon).
at chicken, n.
[US] A. Adams Log Of A Cowboy 357: These old pioneers naturally hung together and visited and chummed with one another.
at chum, v.
[US] A. Adams Log Of A Cowboy 182: I don’t care a continental who wins the egg now.
at continental, n.
[US] A. Adams Log Of A Cowboy 102: This cow town had the reputation of setting the pace that left the wayfarer purseless and breathless.
at cow town, n.
[US] A. Adams Log of a Cowboy 260: He was the first one to suggest we made up a ‘cow’ and let him try his luck at monte [...] I willingly consented and contributed my five to the general fund. [Ibid.] 385: We [...] made up a cow by putting in five apiece and had Officer play it on faro.
at cow, n.3
[US] A. Adams Log Of A Cowboy 203: They wanted to come back on me to make them good, but, shucks! I wasn’t responsible if their Jim Crow outfit lost the cattle.
at Jim Crow, adj.
[US] A. Adams Log of a Cowboy 356: Some of those good people did n’t have any better manners than to hiss and cut up ugly.
at cut up ugly (v.) under cut up, v.1
[US] A. Adams Log Of A Cowboy (1965) 81: Any time that you have the leisure and want to shoot me, just cut loose your dog.
at cut one’s dog loose (v.) under cut loose, v.
[US] A. Adams Log of a Cowboy 128: He looked me in the eye and said, ‘You’re a G-- d--- liar’.
at god-damn, adj.
[US] A. Adams Log Of A Cowboy 197: That’s another damn lie.
at damn, adj.
[US] A. Adams Log of a Cowboy 227: Slaughter’s darky cook.
at darkie, adj.
[US] A. Adams Log of a Cowboy 380: McCann was transferred to the hurricane deck of a cow horse.
at hurricane deck, n.
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