| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 2996 |
| QUOTATION: | The chuck wagon carries the food and utensils for the range kitchen. Man-at-the-pot is the first buckaroo to pick up the coffee pot when out with the chuck wagons. It becomes his duty to pour the coffee for the outfit. “Come and get her before I throw her out” is the time honored mess call. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Administration in the State of Neva, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943). Nevada: A Guide to the Silver State (The WPA Guide to Nevada), p. 76, in “Stock Jargon,” Binfords & Mort (1940). |
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