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Wolfville Days

Chapter XIV

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How Jack Rainey Quit.
"Customary, we has our social round-ups in the Red Light," observed the Old Cattleman; "which I mentions once it does us for a club.
We're all garnered into said fold that time when Dave Tutt tells us how this yere Jack Rainey quits out.
"'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.
"'Now I allers holds,' goes on Tutt, 'an' still swings an' rattles with that decision, that it's manners to ask strangers to drink; an' that no gent, onless he's a sky-pilot or possesses scrooples otherwise, has a right to refoose.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Wolfville Days

Chapter XIV

Reading 1/25 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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How Jack Rainey Quit.
Line 2
"Customary, we has our social round-ups in the Red Light," observed the Old Cattleman; "which I mentions once it does us for a club.
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We're all garnered into said fold that time when Dave Tutt tells us how this yere Jack Rainey quits out.
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"'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.
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"'Now I allers holds,' goes on Tutt, 'an' still swings an' rattles with that decision, that it's manners to ask strangers to drink; an' that no gent, onless he's a sky-pilot or possesses scrooples otherwise, has a right to refoose.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Because conjunction US /bɪˈkɔːz/

for the reason that

From this reading “"'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.”

Drink noun US /drink/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"'Now I allers holds,' goes on Tutt, 'an' still swings an' rattles with that decision, that it's manners to ask strangers to drink; an' that no gent, onless he's a sky-pilot or possesses scrooples otherwise, has a right to refoose.”

Has auxiliary verb US /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading “"Customary, we has our social round-ups in the Red Light," observed the Old Cattleman; "which I mentions once it does us for a club.”

Once noun US /once/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Customary, we has our social round-ups in the Red Light," observed the Old Cattleman; "which I mentions once it does us for a club.”

Right noun US /right/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"'Now I allers holds,' goes on Tutt, 'an' still swings an' rattles with that decision, that it's manners to ask strangers to drink; an' that no gent, onless he's a sky-pilot or possesses scrooples otherwise, has a right to refoose.”

Still noun US /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"'Now I allers holds,' goes on Tutt, 'an' still swings an' rattles with that decision, that it's manners to ask strangers to drink; an' that no gent, onless he's a sky-pilot or possesses scrooples otherwise, has a right to refoose.”

Time noun US /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “We're all garnered into said fold that time when Dave Tutt tells us how this yere Jack Rainey quits out.”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading "Customary, we has our social round-ups in the Red Light," observed the Old Cattleman; "which I mentions once it does us for a club.

accidental

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From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

all

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From this reading We're all garnered into said fold that time when Dave Tutt tells us how this yere Jack Rainey quits out.

allers

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From this reading "'Now I allers holds,' goes on Tutt, 'an' still swings an' rattles with that decision, that it's manners to ask strangers to drink; an' that no gent, onless he's a sky-pilot or possesses scrooples otherwise, has a right to refoose.

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

ask

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From this reading "'Now I allers holds,' goes on Tutt, 'an' still swings an' rattles with that decision, that it's manners to ask strangers to drink; an' that no gent, onless he's a sky-pilot or possesses scrooples otherwise, has a right to refoose.

becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/

for the reason that

From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

blest

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From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

casooal

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From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

Cattleman

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From this reading "Customary, we has our social round-ups in the Red Light," observed the Old Cattleman; "which I mentions once it does us for a club.

chances

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From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

club

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From this reading "Customary, we has our social round-ups in the Red Light," observed the Old Cattleman; "which I mentions once it does us for a club.

Customary

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From this reading "Customary, we has our social round-ups in the Red Light," observed the Old Cattleman; "which I mentions once it does us for a club.

Dave

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From this reading We're all garnered into said fold that time when Dave Tutt tells us how this yere Jack Rainey quits out.

decision

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From this reading "'Now I allers holds,' goes on Tutt, 'an' still swings an' rattles with that decision, that it's manners to ask strangers to drink; an' that no gent, onless he's a sky-pilot or possesses scrooples otherwise, has a right to refoose.

doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/

the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading "Customary, we has our social round-ups in the Red Light," observed the Old Cattleman; "which I mentions once it does us for a club.

downed

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From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

drink

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From this reading "'Now I allers holds,' goes on Tutt, 'an' still swings an' rattles with that decision, that it's manners to ask strangers to drink; an' that no gent, onless he's a sky-pilot or possesses scrooples otherwise, has a right to refoose.

explanations

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From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

finds

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From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

fold

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From this reading We're all garnered into said fold that time when Dave Tutt tells us how this yere Jack Rainey quits out.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading "Customary, we has our social round-ups in the Red Light," observed the Old Cattleman; "which I mentions once it does us for a club.

garnered

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From this reading We're all garnered into said fold that time when Dave Tutt tells us how this yere Jack Rainey quits out.

gent

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From this reading "'Now I allers holds,' goes on Tutt, 'an' still swings an' rattles with that decision, that it's manners to ask strangers to drink; an' that no gent, onless he's a sky-pilot or possesses scrooples otherwise, has a right to refoose.

gets

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From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

goes

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From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

gun

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From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading "Customary, we has our social round-ups in the Red Light," observed the Old Cattleman; "which I mentions once it does us for a club.

he's

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From this reading "'Now I allers holds,' goes on Tutt, 'an' still swings an' rattles with that decision, that it's manners to ask strangers to drink; an' that no gent, onless he's a sky-pilot or possesses scrooples otherwise, has a right to refoose.

himse'f

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From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

holds

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From this reading "'Now I allers holds,' goes on Tutt, 'an' still swings an' rattles with that decision, that it's manners to ask strangers to drink; an' that no gent, onless he's a sky-pilot or possesses scrooples otherwise, has a right to refoose.

How

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From this reading How Jack Rainey Quit.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading "Customary, we has our social round-ups in the Red Light," observed the Old Cattleman; "which I mentions once it does us for a club.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading "Customary, we has our social round-ups in the Red Light," observed the Old Cattleman; "which I mentions once it does us for a club.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading We're all garnered into said fold that time when Dave Tutt tells us how this yere Jack Rainey quits out.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading "Customary, we has our social round-ups in the Red Light," observed the Old Cattleman; "which I mentions once it does us for a club.

it's

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From this reading "'Now I allers holds,' goes on Tutt, 'an' still swings an' rattles with that decision, that it's manners to ask strangers to drink; an' that no gent, onless he's a sky-pilot or possesses scrooples otherwise, has a right to refoose.

Jack

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From this reading How Jack Rainey Quit.

Light

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From this reading "Customary, we has our social round-ups in the Red Light," observed the Old Cattleman; "which I mentions once it does us for a club.

mainly

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From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

manners

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From this reading "'Now I allers holds,' goes on Tutt, 'an' still swings an' rattles with that decision, that it's manners to ask strangers to drink; an' that no gent, onless he's a sky-pilot or possesses scrooples otherwise, has a right to refoose.

mentions

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From this reading "Customary, we has our social round-ups in the Red Light," observed the Old Cattleman; "which I mentions once it does us for a club.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading "'Now I allers holds,' goes on Tutt, 'an' still swings an' rattles with that decision, that it's manners to ask strangers to drink; an' that no gent, onless he's a sky-pilot or possesses scrooples otherwise, has a right to refoose.

Now

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From this reading "'Now I allers holds,' goes on Tutt, 'an' still swings an' rattles with that decision, that it's manners to ask strangers to drink; an' that no gent, onless he's a sky-pilot or possesses scrooples otherwise, has a right to refoose.

obscoore

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From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

observed

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From this reading "Customary, we has our social round-ups in the Red Light," observed the Old Cattleman; "which I mentions once it does us for a club.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

Old

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From this reading "Customary, we has our social round-ups in the Red Light," observed the Old Cattleman; "which I mentions once it does us for a club.

ombrageous

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From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading "'Now I allers holds,' goes on Tutt, 'an' still swings an' rattles with that decision, that it's manners to ask strangers to drink; an' that no gent, onless he's a sky-pilot or possesses scrooples otherwise, has a right to refoose.

once

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From this reading "Customary, we has our social round-ups in the Red Light," observed the Old Cattleman; "which I mentions once it does us for a club.

onless

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From this reading "'Now I allers holds,' goes on Tutt, 'an' still swings an' rattles with that decision, that it's manners to ask strangers to drink; an' that no gent, onless he's a sky-pilot or possesses scrooples otherwise, has a right to refoose.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading "'Now I allers holds,' goes on Tutt, 'an' still swings an' rattles with that decision, that it's manners to ask strangers to drink; an' that no gent, onless he's a sky-pilot or possesses scrooples otherwise, has a right to refoose.

otherwise

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From this reading "'Now I allers holds,' goes on Tutt, 'an' still swings an' rattles with that decision, that it's manners to ask strangers to drink; an' that no gent, onless he's a sky-pilot or possesses scrooples otherwise, has a right to refoose.

ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading "Customary, we has our social round-ups in the Red Light," observed the Old Cattleman; "which I mentions once it does us for a club.

out

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From this reading We're all garnered into said fold that time when Dave Tutt tells us how this yere Jack Rainey quits out.

pard

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From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

pendin

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From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

play

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From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

plumb

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From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

possesses

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From this reading "'Now I allers holds,' goes on Tutt, 'an' still swings an' rattles with that decision, that it's manners to ask strangers to drink; an' that no gent, onless he's a sky-pilot or possesses scrooples otherwise, has a right to refoose.

Quit

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From this reading How Jack Rainey Quit.

quits

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From this reading We're all garnered into said fold that time when Dave Tutt tells us how this yere Jack Rainey quits out.

Rainey

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From this reading How Jack Rainey Quit.

Rainey's

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From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

rattles

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From this reading "'Now I allers holds,' goes on Tutt, 'an' still swings an' rattles with that decision, that it's manners to ask strangers to drink; an' that no gent, onless he's a sky-pilot or possesses scrooples otherwise, has a right to refoose.

Red

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From this reading "Customary, we has our social round-ups in the Red Light," observed the Old Cattleman; "which I mentions once it does us for a club.

refoose

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From this reading "'Now I allers holds,' goes on Tutt, 'an' still swings an' rattles with that decision, that it's manners to ask strangers to drink; an' that no gent, onless he's a sky-pilot or possesses scrooples otherwise, has a right to refoose.

regions

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From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

rightnounUS /right/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "'Now I allers holds,' goes on Tutt, 'an' still swings an' rattles with that decision, that it's manners to ask strangers to drink; an' that no gent, onless he's a sky-pilot or possesses scrooples otherwise, has a right to refoose.

round-ups

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From this reading "Customary, we has our social round-ups in the Red Light," observed the Old Cattleman; "which I mentions once it does us for a club.

said

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From this reading We're all garnered into said fold that time when Dave Tutt tells us how this yere Jack Rainey quits out.

says

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From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

scrooples

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From this reading "'Now I allers holds,' goes on Tutt, 'an' still swings an' rattles with that decision, that it's manners to ask strangers to drink; an' that no gent, onless he's a sky-pilot or possesses scrooples otherwise, has a right to refoose.

sky-pilot

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From this reading "'Now I allers holds,' goes on Tutt, 'an' still swings an' rattles with that decision, that it's manners to ask strangers to drink; an' that no gent, onless he's a sky-pilot or possesses scrooples otherwise, has a right to refoose.

social

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From this reading "Customary, we has our social round-ups in the Red Light," observed the Old Cattleman; "which I mentions once it does us for a club.

stillnounUS /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "'Now I allers holds,' goes on Tutt, 'an' still swings an' rattles with that decision, that it's manners to ask strangers to drink; an' that no gent, onless he's a sky-pilot or possesses scrooples otherwise, has a right to refoose.

stranger

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From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

strangers

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From this reading "'Now I allers holds,' goes on Tutt, 'an' still swings an' rattles with that decision, that it's manners to ask strangers to drink; an' that no gent, onless he's a sky-pilot or possesses scrooples otherwise, has a right to refoose.

swings

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From this reading "'Now I allers holds,' goes on Tutt, 'an' still swings an' rattles with that decision, that it's manners to ask strangers to drink; an' that no gent, onless he's a sky-pilot or possesses scrooples otherwise, has a right to refoose.

system's

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From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

takes

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From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

tangled

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From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

tells

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From this reading We're all garnered into said fold that time when Dave Tutt tells us how this yere Jack Rainey quits out.

tharin

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From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading We're all garnered into said fold that time when Dave Tutt tells us how this yere Jack Rainey quits out.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading "Customary, we has our social round-ups in the Red Light," observed the Old Cattleman; "which I mentions once it does us for a club.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading We're all garnered into said fold that time when Dave Tutt tells us how this yere Jack Rainey quits out.

timenounUS /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading We're all garnered into said fold that time when Dave Tutt tells us how this yere Jack Rainey quits out.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

Tutt

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From this reading We're all garnered into said fold that time when Dave Tutt tells us how this yere Jack Rainey quits out.

unmeshed

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From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

up

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From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

uspronounUS /ʌs/

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "Customary, we has our social round-ups in the Red Light," observed the Old Cattleman; "which I mentions once it does us for a club.

way

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From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading "Customary, we has our social round-ups in the Red Light," observed the Old Cattleman; "which I mentions once it does us for a club.

We're

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From this reading We're all garnered into said fold that time when Dave Tutt tells us how this yere Jack Rainey quits out.

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading We're all garnered into said fold that time when Dave Tutt tells us how this yere Jack Rainey quits out.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading "Customary, we has our social round-ups in the Red Light," observed the Old Cattleman; "which I mentions once it does us for a club.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

wings

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From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading "'Rainey gets downed,' says Tutt, 'mainly because his system's obscoore, an' it chances that a stranger who finds himse'f unmeshed tharin takes it plumb ombrageous; an' pendin' explanations, gets tangled up with a pard of Rainey's, goes to a gun play, an' all accidental an' casooal Rainey wings his way to them regions of the blest.

yere

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From this reading We're all garnered into said fold that time when Dave Tutt tells us how this yere Jack Rainey quits out.