boot hill
nounWestern U.S.
a cemetery of a frontier settlement, especially one in which gunfighters were buried.
Origin of boot hill
1An Americanism dating back to 1900–05
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How to use boot hill in a sentence
However, researchers believe there are actually around 50 bodies buried in and around boot hill.
The Bone Collectors Get to Work at Florida’s Dozier School | Christine Pelisek | September 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTLast weekend, excavators from USF began scouring a section near boot hill, an area near where the “colored” inmates were housed.
The Bone Collectors Get to Work at Florida’s Dozier School | Christine Pelisek | September 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThey buried them on the little boot-hill overlooking the ranch buildings.
When the West Was Young | Frederick R. BechdoltMore than forty years have passed since they 297 buried him in the little boot-hill at Florence, Arizona.
When the West Was Young | Frederick R. Bechdolt
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