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Rustlers of Beacon Creek choose

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[US] ‘Max Brand’ Rustlers of Beacon Creek (1935) 42: I won’t back talk.
at back-talk, v.
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Rustlers of Beacon Creek (1935) 208: ‘We’ll bucket ’em to pieces without no trouble at all.’ ‘It’ll be a barbecue.’.
at barbecue, n.
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Rustlers of Beacon Creek (1935) 248: [of a horse] What a cat he is on his feet!
at cat, n.1
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Rustlers of Beacon Creek (1935) 58: They were dead-beat by the work of the day.
at deadbeat, adj.
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Rustlers of Beacon Creek (1935) 35: By gravy [...] that’s The Lonesome Kid’s hoss!
at by gravy! (excl.) under gravy, n.
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Rustlers of Beacon Creek (1935) 4: Lead me to that hay pile, sheriff, will you?
at haypile (n.) under hay, n.
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Rustlers of Beacon Creek (1935) 139: I’d like to know from you [...] why you started raisin’ heck so hard?
at raise hell (v.) under hell, n.
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Rustlers of Beacon Creek (1935) 205: They’re Injuns. They ain’t white!
at Injun, n.
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Rustlers of Beacon Creek (1935) 2: ‘Stow your jaw,’ answered the sheriff.
at stow one’s jaw (v.) under jaw, n.
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Rustlers of Beacon Creek (1935) 242: I’ll be back in ten shakes.
at two shakes (n.) under shake, n.1
[US] ‘Max Brand’ Rustlers of Beacon Creek (1935) 52: Gimme some more of that tar bucket that you call coffee!
at tar bucket (n.) under tar, n.1
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