Find Out How Well You Know The Legends Of The Old West With This Rootin’ Tootin’ Quiz!
In Old West slang, what does it mean to be “on the shoot?”
Retry
Correct
Incorrect
According to Green’s Dictionary of Slang, it was common for Americans and Australians to refer to a violent person as “on the shoot” during the late 19th Century and at the turn of the 20th Century.
Paramount Pictures/Courtesy of Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Paramount Pictures/Courtesy of Hulton Archive/Getty Images
In Old West slang, what does it mean to be “on the shoot?”
- Looking for a fight
- Intoxicated
- Hunting
- Engaged in intercourse
Scroll down to continue on!
