Chapter 6 of Cowboy songs, and other frontier ballads is here in full — 343 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Cowboy songs, and other frontier ballads is here in full — 343 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE BOOZER I'm a howler from the prairies of the West. If you want to die with terror, look at me. I'm chain-lightning--if I ain't, may I be blessed. I'm the snorter of the boundless prairie. He's a killer and a hater!
Chapter 6 of Cowboy songs, and other frontier ballads is here in full — 343 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
From this reading “THE BOOZER I'm a howler from the prairies of the West.”
seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent
From this reading “I'm the snorter of the boundless prairie.”
a person who hates
From this reading “He's a killer and a hater!”
a joke that seems extremely funny
From this reading “THE BOOZER I'm a howler from the prairies of the West.”
someone who causes the death of a person or animal
From this reading “He's a killer and a hater!”
a treeless grassy plain
From this reading “I'm the snorter of the boundless prairie.”
plural of “prairie” — a treeless grassy plain
From this reading “THE BOOZER I'm a howler from the prairies of the West.”
someone who expresses contempt or indignation by uttering a snorting sound
From this reading “I'm the snorter of the boundless prairie.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE BOOZER I'm a howler from the prairies of the West.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm chain-lightning--if I ain't, may I be blessed.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He's a killer and a hater!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading If you want to die with terror, look at me.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I'm chain-lightning--if I ain't, may I be blessed.
highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
From this reading I'm chain-lightning--if I ain't, may I be blessed.
a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
From this reading THE BOOZER I'm a howler from the prairies of the West.
seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent
From this reading I'm the snorter of the boundless prairie.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm chain-lightning--if I ain't, may I be blessed.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading If you want to die with terror, look at me.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE BOOZER I'm a howler from the prairies of the West.
a person who hates
From this reading He's a killer and a hater!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He's a killer and a hater!
a joke that seems extremely funny
From this reading THE BOOZER I'm a howler from the prairies of the West.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I'm chain-lightning--if I ain't, may I be blessed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE BOOZER I'm a howler from the prairies of the West.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If you want to die with terror, look at me.
someone who causes the death of a person or animal
From this reading He's a killer and a hater!
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading If you want to die with terror, look at me.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading I'm chain-lightning--if I ain't, may I be blessed.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading If you want to die with terror, look at me.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE BOOZER I'm a howler from the prairies of the West.
a treeless grassy plain
From this reading I'm the snorter of the boundless prairie.
plural of “prairie” — a treeless grassy plain
From this reading THE BOOZER I'm a howler from the prairies of the West.
someone who expresses contempt or indignation by uttering a snorting sound
From this reading I'm the snorter of the boundless prairie.
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
From this reading If you want to die with terror, look at me.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BOOZER I'm a howler from the prairies of the West.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading If you want to die with terror, look at me.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading If you want to die with terror, look at me.
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading THE BOOZER I'm a howler from the prairies of the West.
in the company of; together with
From this reading If you want to die with terror, look at me.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading If you want to die with terror, look at me.
Chapter 6 of Cowboy songs, and other frontier ballads by John Avery [Compiler] Lomax holds 343 sentences, grouped into 69 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 6 holds 343 sentences of Cowboy songs, and other frontier ballads, unabridged, divided into 69 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Cowboy songs, and other frontier ballads by John Avery [Compiler] Lomax exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 343 sentences, grouped into 69 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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