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Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This was yet another fun way of saying whiskey or spirits. The fact was, nobody really knew what was in most "whiskey" because the saloon owners made their own.

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Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant an important person. The railroad owner would be a big bug.

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