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owl hoot trail

owl hoot trail noun: a path taken by outlaws or fugitives.

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
    • Tub Sampson had quit the owl-hoot trail at the urging of his Indian wife and had been trying to make an honest living for the last several years.2003, E. Roy Hector, Escape from Hell's Corner, page 80

Forms of owl hoot trail

pluralowl hoot trails
alternative formhoot owl trail

Questions about owl hoot trail

What does owl hoot trail mean?
Owl hoot trail means a path taken by outlaws or fugitives.
What part of speech is owl hoot trail?
Owl hoot trail is a noun.
What is the plural of owl hoot trail?
The plural of owl hoot trail is owl hoot trails.

Words near owl hoot trail in the dictionary

  1. owl bus
  2. owl butterflies
  3. owl butterfly
  4. owl clover
  5. owl hoot
  6. owl hoot trail
  7. owl hoot trails
  8. owl hoots
  9. owl light
  10. owl monkey
  11. owl monkeys

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