carry guts to a bear, bullstrong, etc

Joan H. Hall jdhall at WISC.EDU
Mon Oct 16 15:01:20 UTC 2006


DARE has "carry guts to a bear" from 1833; for "bull strong, horse high,
and pig tight," it has Barry's 1859 quote from 1850.

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