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hoot owl trail

hoot owl trail is the alternative form of owl hoot trail.

Meaning of owl hoot trail

Noun

owl hoot trail (plural owl hoot trails)

  1. (US, slang) A path taken by outlaws or fugitives.
    • “One thing after all my years ridin' the owl-hoot trail, podna, is that you can't think about what may be behind you. If you do, you soon go crazy in the head.”2000, William W. Johnstone, Justice of the Mountain Man

Forms of hoot owl trail

pluralhoot owl trails

Questions about hoot owl trail

What is hoot owl trail the alternative form of?
Hoot owl trail is the alternative form of owl hoot trail.

Words near hoot owl trail in the dictionary

  1. hoot down
  2. hoot it up
  3. hoot owl
  4. hoot owl shift
  5. hoot owl shifts
  6. hoot owl trail
  7. hoot owl trails
  8. hoot owls
  9. hootanannies
  10. hootananny
  11. hootch

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