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bought wolf tickets

bought wolf tickets is the simple past and past participle of buy wolf tickets.

Meaning of buy wolf tickets

Verb

buy wolf tickets (third-person singular simple present buys wolf tickets, present participle buying wolf tickets, simple past and past participle bought wolf tickets)

  1. (African-American Vernacular) To call the bluff of, or respond to the threats or boasts of, someone who has been selling wolf tickets.
    • Dicky bought Terry's wolf tickets by responding with his own barbs and counterchallenges. "A'right, Mr. Motherfucker! I'm buying yo' wolf tickets! Now show me somethin', since you so big and bad," said Dicky […]2003, Elijah Anderson, A Place on the Corner, second, →ISBN, page 161

Questions about bought wolf tickets

What is bought wolf tickets the simple past and past participle of?
Bought wolf tickets is the simple past and past participle of buy wolf tickets.

Words near bought wolf tickets in the dictionary

  1. bought the rumor
  2. bought time
  3. bought to let
  4. bought up
  5. bought with one's ears
  6. bought wolf tickets
  7. boughten
  8. boughtest
  9. Boughton
  10. Boughton Malherbe
  11. Boughton under Blean

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