"Poor man's pig" (armadillo)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

Nothing useful in the DMN for any of the below.

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> Thanks. Google seems to show twice as many hits for "Texas
> Crab Grass" as "Texas Crabgrass." I add the word "spinach" to
> the search.
> ...
> Anybody have "Mexican Martini" (no gin or vermouth, but
> tequila)? Cattle Baron's Tea (with vodka, served at the
> Driskill Hotel)? "Dirt Hat"? "Cedar Fever" (they're not
> technically "cedar" trees)? Does Fred have the 1830s' phrase
> "Come and take it!"?
> ...
> OT: My wife really likes Austin. Real estate here is
> appreciating, unlike NYC, where people just ain't payin' more
> than half a million for my studio. You can get a home for
> $150,000 in some of the less ritzier places.
> ...
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> Dallas Morning News has nothing for "poor man's pig",
> "poverty pig", or "Texas Crabgrass".
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