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Thread #1266 Message #2801081
Posted By: Jim Dixon
01-Jan-10 - 06:55 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Daddy's Little Cowboy (Sons of...Pioneers
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Daddy's Little Cowboy
"Gat" is slang for gun, probably derived from Gatling gun—although it is gross hyperbole to call an ordinary handgun a Gatling gun.