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The Argonauts of California choose

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[US] C.W. Haskins Argonauts of Calif. 52: We employed a Pike county bull-whacker, who agreed to deliver us and our effects in Hangtown.
at bullwhacker, n.
[US] C.W. Haskins Argonauts of Calif. 335: But wasn’t that little Providence chap clear grit, though?
at clear grit (n.) under clear, adj.2
[US] C.W. Haskins Argonauts of Calif. 250: I never told you, boys, how I got skunked out of a good claim, did I?
at skunked, adj.
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