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Word: fryin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1945-1945
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...referred to a bull as an animal. He referred contemptuously to fistfights as dogfights. Oldtimers in the cattle country were said to be alkalied when "they knowed all the lizards by their first names, except the younger set." A young fellow, or a small man, was said to be fryin' size. When the cowboy got drunk he liked to have everyone know it - he said he cut his wolf loose. Once four young cowpunchers rode their horses into a New Mexico saloon where an Eastern drummer was having a drink. When the drummer complained to the bartender that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: In the Old West | 2/12/1945 | See Source »

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