who laid the rail
adv. phr.— «Oh, these boys of mine are cowmen from who laid the rail. They’re not out to rob a neighbor.» —by Andy Adams Wells Brothers: The Young Cattle Kings , 1911. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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