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grand slam

grand slam  n.— «There obviously was a lot of bonding time in Welch’s quest to get his granddaughter’s wild turkey “grand slam,” as it’s known, on video.…Luckett has accomplished…the grand slam twice, along with a...

double slam

double slam  n.— «There obviously was a lot of bonding time in Welch’s quest to get his granddaughter’s wild turkey “grand slam,” as it’s known, on video.…Luckett has accomplished…the grand slam twice, along with a...

royal slam

royal slam  n.— «There obviously was a lot of bonding time in Welch’s quest to get his granddaughter’s wild turkey “grand slam,” as it’s known, on video.…Luckett has accomplished…the grand slam twice, along with a...

resaca

resaca  n.— «Let’s look at Brownsville, Texas: You have got the Rio Grande river coming down; you have a thing called resacas, which is the Spanish term for ox-bow lakes, they’re a natural phenomenon.» —“We’ve Had 40 Years of Total...

chansa

chansa  n.— «The word “chansa” means chance, only it doesn’t exist in too many Spanish dictionaries, if any. In the Rio Grande Valley, dale chansa translates to, “Give him a chance.”» —“Area lingo a way of life...

wet horse

wet horse  n.— «Wet horse. Stolen horse. (From the fact that raiders ran the herds of stolen horses across the Rio Grande River.)» —“Cow Punchers’ Slang and Jargon” in Utah, Texas, Ore., S.D., Colo., Ariz., Mont...

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