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[US] J.R. Browne Adventures in Apache Country 454: They were Pi-Ute squaws, on a ‘hogadie expedition’ — ‘hogadie’ signifying muck-a-muck, or food.
at muck-a-muck, n.
[US] J.R. Browne Adventures in Apache Country 182: She had prospected awhile in Australia, and bobbed around Frisco for the last few years.
at bob around (v.) under bob, v.3
[US] J.R. Browne Adventures in Apache Country 390: A dozen of them are gathered about the camp of the Celestials [...] Their contempt for the Chinese is sublime.
at celestial, n.
[US] J.R. Browne Adventures in the Apache Country 385: Guess they aren’t eager for it. Likely as not they’ll fizzle.
at fizzle, v.2
[US] J.R. Browne Adventures in Apache Country 346: Hurdy-gurdy girls are singing bacchanalian songs in bacchanalian dens.
at hurdy-gurdy, n.
[US] J.R. Browne Adventures in Apache Country 182: Hang it all, she didn’t care a cuss about the mines.
at hang it (all)! (excl.) under hang, v.1
[US] J.R. Browne Adventures in Apache Country 422: Here’s a dog that’ll settle his hash!
at settle the hash (v.) under hash, n.1
[US] J.R. Browne Adventures in Apache Country 182: These Mexicans were dead-alive sort of cusses. The men had no grit and the women no jingle.
at jingle, n.
[US] J.R. Browne Adventures in Apache Country 282: I think he was slightly rattled by the formidable appearance of our escort.
at rattle, v.
[US] J.R. Browne Adventures in Apache Country 282: I think he was slightly rattled by the formidable appearance of an escort.
at rattled, adj.
[US] J.R. Browne Adventures in the Apache Country 183: She [...] had been eight days at this infernal place among a set of scallywags who didn’t understand her lingo.
at scallywag, n.
[US] J.R. Browne Adventures in Apache Country 294: ‘Struck it rich!’ ‘Silver bricks!’ and ‘Pay rock!’ hummed and drummed through the air. [Ibid.] 412: Boys, they’ve struck it rich in the new drift!
at strike it rich (v.) under strike, v.
[US] J.R. Browne Adventures in Apache Country 156: One can readily imagine that he did some tall swearing on this occasion.
at tall, adj.
[US] J.R. Browne Adventures in Apache Country 390: A wretched tatterdemallion set they are — poor, thriftless, and dirty.
at tatterdemallion, n.
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