vamose
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Example Sentences
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One afternoon I ordered Atasca to vamose, and got up and dressed carefully.
From Options by Henry, O.
I mout as wal vamose, 's long as I've hove in my rations.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 by Various
Crocodiles can cry when they are hungry, but when they do it's time to vamose the poke-loken,1 that's a fact.
From Nature and Human Nature by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler
Yer goin' to shut up your desk and your books and this hull consarn inside of an hour, and vamose the ranch.
From Openings in the Old Trail by Harte, Bret
You must vamose the ranch afore they lay hold of you and have you up before the alcalde.
From The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales by Harte, Bret
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