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Chapter XV
“It's no user talkin'! I tell ye, ye hain't got no more sense than a coyote! I'm sick and tired of it, doggoned if I ain't! Ye ain't no more use nor a hossfly,--and jest ez hinderin'! It was along o' you that we lost the stock at Laramie, and ef ye'd bin at all decent and takin', we'd hev had kempany that helped, instead of laggin' on yere alone!”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was along o' you that we lost the stock at Laramie, and ef ye'd bin at all decent and takin', we'd hev had kempany that helped, instead of laggin' on yere alone!””
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “It was along o' you that we lost the stock at Laramie, and ef ye'd bin at all decent and takin', we'd hev had kempany that helped, instead of laggin' on yere alone!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I tell ye, ye hain't got no more sense than a coyote!”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I tell ye, ye hain't got no more sense than a coyote!
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From this reading I'm sick and tired of it, doggoned if I ain't!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was along o' you that we lost the stock at Laramie, and ef ye'd bin at all decent and takin', we'd hev had kempany that helped, instead of laggin' on yere alone!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was along o' you that we lost the stock at Laramie, and ef ye'd bin at all decent and takin', we'd hev had kempany that helped, instead of laggin' on yere alone!”
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading It was along o' you that we lost the stock at Laramie, and ef ye'd bin at all decent and takin', we'd hev had kempany that helped, instead of laggin' on yere alone!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I'm sick and tired of it, doggoned if I ain't!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was along o' you that we lost the stock at Laramie, and ef ye'd bin at all decent and takin', we'd hev had kempany that helped, instead of laggin' on yere alone!”
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From this reading It was along o' you that we lost the stock at Laramie, and ef ye'd bin at all decent and takin', we'd hev had kempany that helped, instead of laggin' on yere alone!”
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From this reading I tell ye, ye hain't got no more sense than a coyote!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was along o' you that we lost the stock at Laramie, and ef ye'd bin at all decent and takin', we'd hev had kempany that helped, instead of laggin' on yere alone!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm sick and tired of it, doggoned if I ain't!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was along o' you that we lost the stock at Laramie, and ef ye'd bin at all decent and takin', we'd hev had kempany that helped, instead of laggin' on yere alone!”
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From this reading Ye ain't no more use nor a hossfly,--and jest ez hinderin'!
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From this reading I tell ye, ye hain't got no more sense than a coyote!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was along o' you that we lost the stock at Laramie, and ef ye'd bin at all decent and takin', we'd hev had kempany that helped, instead of laggin' on yere alone!”
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From this reading I tell ye, ye hain't got no more sense than a coyote!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was along o' you that we lost the stock at Laramie, and ef ye'd bin at all decent and takin', we'd hev had kempany that helped, instead of laggin' on yere alone!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was along o' you that we lost the stock at Laramie, and ef ye'd bin at all decent and takin', we'd hev had kempany that helped, instead of laggin' on yere alone!”
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From this reading Ye ain't no more use nor a hossfly,--and jest ez hinderin'!
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From this reading Ye ain't no more use nor a hossfly,--and jest ez hinderin'!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I tell ye, ye hain't got no more sense than a coyote!
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From this reading I'm sick and tired of it, doggoned if I ain't!
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I'm sick and tired of it, doggoned if I ain't!
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From this reading It was along o' you that we lost the stock at Laramie, and ef ye'd bin at all decent and takin', we'd hev had kempany that helped, instead of laggin' on yere alone!”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I'm sick and tired of it, doggoned if I ain't!
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From this reading “It's no user talkin'!
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From this reading Ye ain't no more use nor a hossfly,--and jest ez hinderin'!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was along o' you that we lost the stock at Laramie, and ef ye'd bin at all decent and takin', we'd hev had kempany that helped, instead of laggin' on yere alone!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was along o' you that we lost the stock at Laramie, and ef ye'd bin at all decent and takin', we'd hev had kempany that helped, instead of laggin' on yere alone!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was along o' you that we lost the stock at Laramie, and ef ye'd bin at all decent and takin', we'd hev had kempany that helped, instead of laggin' on yere alone!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was along o' you that we lost the stock at Laramie, and ef ye'd bin at all decent and takin', we'd hev had kempany that helped, instead of laggin' on yere alone!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I tell ye, ye hain't got no more sense than a coyote!
not any; not one
From this reading “It's no user talkin'!
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Ye ain't no more use nor a hossfly,--and jest ez hinderin'!
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From this reading It was along o' you that we lost the stock at Laramie, and ef ye'd bin at all decent and takin', we'd hev had kempany that helped, instead of laggin' on yere alone!”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I'm sick and tired of it, doggoned if I ain't!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was along o' you that we lost the stock at Laramie, and ef ye'd bin at all decent and takin', we'd hev had kempany that helped, instead of laggin' on yere alone!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I tell ye, ye hain't got no more sense than a coyote!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm sick and tired of it, doggoned if I ain't!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was along o' you that we lost the stock at Laramie, and ef ye'd bin at all decent and takin', we'd hev had kempany that helped, instead of laggin' on yere alone!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was along o' you that we lost the stock at Laramie, and ef ye'd bin at all decent and takin', we'd hev had kempany that helped, instead of laggin' on yere alone!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It's no user talkin'!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I tell ye, ye hain't got no more sense than a coyote!
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading I tell ye, ye hain't got no more sense than a coyote!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was along o' you that we lost the stock at Laramie, and ef ye'd bin at all decent and takin', we'd hev had kempany that helped, instead of laggin' on yere alone!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was along o' you that we lost the stock at Laramie, and ef ye'd bin at all decent and takin', we'd hev had kempany that helped, instead of laggin' on yere alone!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm sick and tired of it, doggoned if I ain't!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ye ain't no more use nor a hossfly,--and jest ez hinderin'!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It's no user talkin'!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was along o' you that we lost the stock at Laramie, and ef ye'd bin at all decent and takin', we'd hev had kempany that helped, instead of laggin' on yere alone!”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading It was along o' you that we lost the stock at Laramie, and ef ye'd bin at all decent and takin', we'd hev had kempany that helped, instead of laggin' on yere alone!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was along o' you that we lost the stock at Laramie, and ef ye'd bin at all decent and takin', we'd hev had kempany that helped, instead of laggin' on yere alone!”
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading I tell ye, ye hain't got no more sense than a coyote!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was along o' you that we lost the stock at Laramie, and ef ye'd bin at all decent and takin', we'd hev had kempany that helped, instead of laggin' on yere alone!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was along o' you that we lost the stock at Laramie, and ef ye'd bin at all decent and takin', we'd hev had kempany that helped, instead of laggin' on yere alone!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It was along o' you that we lost the stock at Laramie, and ef ye'd bin at all decent and takin', we'd hev had kempany that helped, instead of laggin' on yere alone!”
