Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To be off; be gone; decamp from.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb Slang, Eng. & U. S. To vamoose; -- an older spelling and pronunciation variant.
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- verb Alternative form of
vamoose .
Etymologies
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Examples
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"It is the judgment of this court that you vamose the camp ... in the customary way, sir, in the customary way."
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If we quarrel with them, we have to vamose; if we fight, we are wiped out.
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_ -- Wal, I mout as wal vamose, 's long as I've hove in my rations.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 Various
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When the cackle of females strikes my ear, I jest vamose, for they make me skeered,
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, July 18, 1891 Various
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Go to the doorkeeper and get your money, and cut your stick -- vamose the ranch!
Sketches New And Old Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 1922
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To vamose (from the Spanish vamos, let us go), came in at the same time.
Chapter 3. The Period of Growth. 4. Loan-Words and Non-English Influences Henry Louis 1921
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"IT is the judgment of this court that you vamose the camp ... in the customary way, sir, in the customary way."
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The boys weren't over-keen about staying with the herd and they can vamose.
Rimrock Trail 1906
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If we quarrel with them, we have to vamose; if we fight, we are wiped out.
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If we quarrel with them, we have to vamose; if we fight, we are wiped out.
The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke Jack London 1896
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