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[US] ‘Little Old Caboose Behind the Train’ in N. Cohen Long Steel Rail (1981) 383: They get out upon the track with their turkeys on their backs.
at have a turkey on one’s back (v.) under turkey, n.1
[US] ‘The Hoghead’s Dying Request’ in N. Cohen Long Steel Rail (1981) 369: A hoghead on his deathbed lay, his life was ebbing fast away; / His friends around him closely pressed to hear the hogger’s last request.
at hogger, n.2
[US] in N. Cohen Long Steel Rail (1981) 478: Let the Midnight Special shine her everloving light on me.
at ever-loving, adj.
[US] ‘The Little Red Caboose behind the Train (II)’ in N. Cohen Long Steel Rail (1981) 382: They will get up on that track with a (turkey) on their back.
at have a turkey on one’s back (v.) under turkey, n.1
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