tremely vulgar word for female sexual organs or a mean woman. I’ll be dogged. Well, I guess they got it coming. "I’ll be dogged" is no longer used, though "I’ll be damned" is a way of showing surprise. If somebody "has it coming," they deserve what they are going to get, perhaps because they did something very bad. I suppose you wouldn’t mind looking in on my youngsters next week? "To look in on" children is to stop by and make sure they’re OK. He must be moving right along. "He must be going quickly." We’ll come across him tomorrow, I reckon. "To come across" a person is to see them, often just by chance. "To reckon" is a very old (Western?) way to say think or guess. Don’t fret it. It ain’t nothing. "To fret" is to worry, or get upset. She don’t like it…..you’re riding off with me. "To ride off" with a person is to go with them, usually while on a horse or while driving a car. She gave me the evil eye. A funny way of referring to a very serious and angry facial expression. Indians ain’t over friendly Will. A possible alternative adverb to "very." I won’t hold it against her. "To hold something against" somebody is to to be angry at them for what they have done. Claudia straightened me out. Cleaned me of drinking whisky and all. "To straighten out" a person is to make them better or more responsible. He didn’t do anything to deserve to get shot, at least nothing I can remember when I sobered up. To be "sober" is to be not drunk, or perhaps in control, and thus to "sober up" is to get over the effects of liquor. The boys all thought that I’d shoot them out of pure meanness. In this case, "out of" means because of, or thanks to. "Pure meanness" is complete cruelty or anger. Eagle, he hated my guts. Bonaparte didn’t think too much of me, either. "To hate a person’s guts" is to hate them with great emotion or passion ("Guts" are the intestines found in the stomach). English Bob and Mr. Beauchamp arrive in Big Whiskey,…..and Little Bill comes to meet them. Which son of a bitch shot him? Was it one of them John Bulls? "John Bull" is a symbol of the English government, just as "Uncle Sam" is of the American government (Few in the US know this today). I believe the would-be assassin to be a gentleman of French ancestry. A "would-be" criminal is the likely suspect, though it has not been proven. An "assassin" is a person who murders well known people. "Ancestry" refers to a person’s family tree, starting with parents. The French are known to be a race of assassins who can’t shoot worth a damn. If you can’t do something "worth a damn," you do it very poorly. Any Frenchmen in the present company are excluded, of course. If a person insults an entire race or group of people, th
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