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Wah-to-Yah and the Taos Trail choose

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[US] L.W. Garrard Wah-to-yah and the Taos Trail 193: Come in and take a ‘horn’ – a little of the awerdenty.
at awerdenty, n.
[US] L.W. Garrard Wah-to-yah and the Taos Trail 144: Though coffee, sugar, tobacco, and other luxuries are high-priced [...] the ‘black water’ is offered with genuine free-heartedness.
at black water (n.) under black, adj.
[US] L.W. Garrard Wah-to-yah, and the Taos Trail 52: Cutting a piece of dried ‘buffler’ to ‘chew’ I [...] fell asleep.
at chew, v.
[US] L.W. Garrard Wah-to-yah and the Taos Trail 132: He had bullets an inch long [...] be doggoned ef they was ’nt some, eh?
at I’ll be doggoned! (excl.) under doggone, v.
[US] L.W. Garrard Wah-to-yah and the Taos Trail 64: In our lodge were three huge curs and four cross feists.
at feist, n.
[US] L.W. Garrard Wah-to-yah and the Taos Trail 276: ‘This ‘mudhook’,’ holding out his foot, ‘hasn’t a moccasin on for nuthin.’.
at mud hook, n.
[US] L.W. Garrard Wah-to-yah and the Taos Trail 62: We had to offer our dear-bought Java at meal time.
at java, n.
[US] L.W. Garrard Wah-to-Yah and the Taos Trail 167: How they did ‘lick’ it over the ground!
at lick, v.1
[US] L.W. Garrard Wah-to-yah and the Taos Trail 46: I bet I make you eat dogmeat [...] and you’ll say it’s good, and the best you ever hid in your ‘meatbag’.
at meatbag (n.) under meat, n.
[US] L.W. Garrard Wah-to-yah and the Taos Trail 162: Me no want nada.
at nada, n.
[US] L.W. Garrard Wah-to-yah and the Taos Trail x 155: Numerous were the curses showered on the ‘Neds,’* by the mountain men of our party. [*Note:] Among many farmers, pork is familiarly called ‘Ned,’ and as pork forms a principal portion of the government rations, the United States employees were so termed, by the mountain men, in derision.
at ned, n.2
[US] L.W. Garrard Wah-to-yah and the Taos Trail 62: The visitors, thinking me a queer customer [...] ‘a fool’— as they were pleased to demoninate me.
at queer customer (n.) under queer, adj.
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