1903 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.
1903 A. Adams Log Of A Cowboy 360: The old gent knew a thing or two about horses.at know a thing or two, v.
1903 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.
1903 A. Adams Log of a Cowboy 125: That style of dress is what you call lo and behold.at lo and behold, n.
1903 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.
1903 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.
1903 A. Adams Log of a Cowboy 81: The family were these razorbacked, barnyard savages.at barnyard savage (n.) under barnyard, adj.
1903 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.
1903 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.
1903 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.
1903 A. Adams Log of a Cowboy 355: There were about a dozen entries and only one blackbird in the covey.at blackbird, n.1
1903 A. Adams Log Of A Cowboy 355: There were about a dozen entries and only one blackbird in the covey.at blackbird, n.1
1903 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.
1903 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.
1903 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
1903 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.
1903 A. Adams Log Of A Cowboy 123: As he helped himself to a third piece of ‘fried chicken’ (bacon).at chicken, n.
1903 A. Adams Log Of A Cowboy 357: These old pioneers naturally hung together and visited and chummed with one another.at chum, v.
1903 A. Adams Log Of A Cowboy 182: I don’t care a continental who wins the egg now.at continental, n.
1903 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.
1903 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
1903 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.
1903 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
1903 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.
1903 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.
1903 A. Adams Log of a Cowboy 380: McCann was transferred to the hurricane deck of a cow horse.at hurricane deck, n.