vamose
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Example Sentences
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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
Now if you're just havin' a little fun with me, Shark, put your gun up, and we'll get on Bolivar and vamose.
From Whirligigs by Henry, O.
And if we warn off the passengers from going this trip, and let the stage go up empty, Bob would suspect something and vamose.
From The Argonauts of North Liberty by Harte, Bret
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
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