jaw-crackin

Updated: August 4, 2026

Dye'r moind that, noo, yer honor!" "He'd no business to call her Juanita," angrily exclaimed Hal. "Phat would I call her, thin?" asked Patsey. "Call her by her proper name, the Senorita Ortiz," said Hal, with much dignity. "And phat, would I be givin' her that jaw-crackin' name fur, when her name's Juanita?"

Samuel Woodworth Cozzens - The Young Trail Hunters : Or, the Wild Riders of the Plains. The Veritable Adventures of Hal Hyde and Ned Brown, on Their Journey Across the Great Plains of the South-West