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Life in the Saddle choose

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[US] ‘Ned Buntline’ Life in the Saddle 5: Blast it, you’ll be a whipped silly bub, if you don’t tie up your tongue.
at blast!, excl.
[US] ‘Ned Buntline’ Life in the Saddle 19: I’ll do the blowing up. I can talk a heap faster and rougher to men than you can.
at blow up, v.1
[US] ‘Ned Buntline’ Life in the Saddle 4: I’ve been thinking half the afternoon where my spirit would be now, if that bullet [...] had gone three or four inches lower than it did, and made a hole in my brain-pan!
at brainpan (n.) under brain, n.1
[US] ‘Ned Buntline’ Life in the Saddle 46: He threatened to report me, and I told him to report and be darned.
at darn, v.
[US] ‘Ned Buntline’ Life in the Saddle 7: They are always gabbing to strangers!
at gab, v.
[US] ‘Ned Buntline’ Life in the Saddle 16: Jumping Moses! John, what a prize!
at jumping Moses!, excl.
[US] ‘Ned Buntline’ Life in the Saddle 78: Reload your rifle as I am doing: we must pop off their leaders when they come within range.
at pop, v.1
[US] ‘Ned Buntline’ Life in the Saddle 46: He gave me some of his lip, and I smacked his face for it!
at smack, v.
[US] ‘Ned Buntline’ Life in the Saddle 19: We must blow the old man up like thunder, for lying.
at thunder, n.
[US] ‘Ned Buntline’ Life in the Saddle 75: Thunder, what is that!
at thunder!, excl.
[US] ‘Ned Buntline’ Life in the Saddle 7: Just wait till England and France [...] put in an armed interference, and the poor Yanks will be nowhere!
at Yank, n.
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