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Below are anagrams of popular American Lawmen from the Wild West. Your task is to unravel these anagrams and name the people correctly. I have included the number of words in brackets for each persons name.
Enjoy a red bug (5, 3, 4)
Cool flabby fluid (7, 4, 4)
Male locust (6, 4)
A wet party (5, 4)
Target trap (3, 7)
Shh! Enjoy lewd rain (4, 6, 6)
Icy hood lad (3, 7)
Enjoy a red bug (5, 3, 4)
Cool flabby fluid (7, 4, 4)
Male locust (6, 4)
A wet party (5, 4)
Target trap (3, 7)
Shh! Enjoy lewd rain (4, 6, 6)
Icy hood lad (3, 7)
Answer
Judge Roy BeanBuffalo Bill Cody
Samuel Colt
Wyatt Earp
Pat Garrett
John Wesley Hardin
Doc Holiday
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Fun teaser, but I wouldn't agree with all of these being American "Lawmen".
John Wesley Hardin was an outlaw.
Being a "lawman" was loosely defined back then... a fine line between outlaw and law.
I enjoyed this teaser, although I only got a few of them.
I enjoyed this teaser, although I only got a few of them.
I hadn't heard of John Wesley Hardin so looked it up on reference.com encyclopedia:
"Hardin, John Wesley, 1853–95, American desperado... In the lawless violence of the frontier the boy early became a gambler and a gunman, but was able by his shooting skill and the help of friends to escape capture until 1877, when he was sentenced to 25 years for killing a sheriff. He studied law in prison and, pardoned in 1894, began practice in El Paso but was shot down a year later by a local constable."
He tried to turn lawman after 17 years in jail for killing a sheriff, but only made it a year. Bummer for him...
"Hardin, John Wesley, 1853–95, American desperado... In the lawless violence of the frontier the boy early became a gambler and a gunman, but was able by his shooting skill and the help of friends to escape capture until 1877, when he was sentenced to 25 years for killing a sheriff. He studied law in prison and, pardoned in 1894, began practice in El Paso but was shot down a year later by a local constable."
He tried to turn lawman after 17 years in jail for killing a sheriff, but only made it a year. Bummer for him...
Wyatt Earp and Pat Garrett were lawmen. Judge Roy Bean was self elected officer of the court but with no real jurisdiction recognized by the State of Texas. Buffalo Bill Cody was a respected scout, hunter, Indian fighter and famed showman but no lawman. Samuel Colt gun was maker but not a lawman, John Wesley Hardin was a gun fighter and Doc Holiday was deputized once by Sheriff Morgan Earp in Tombstone, Arizona, but his usual 'respected' occupation was a gambler and had a limited practice from time to time as a dentist.
Samuel Colt was a gun maker but not a lawman. Sorry about that error. The America West has many possibilities for teasers.
Darn, and Samuel Colt was the one I couldn't figure out. I kept turning it and turning it - - -. Great teaser and if you had said famous people in the old west it would have been enough. I liked it a lot.
Terrific teaser once again Jazz. I reckon there was a fine line between 'lawmen' and 'outlaw' those days. I suppose you could argue either way what side of the fence these guys were on. Keep up the great work!!
Thanks for your positve feedback. Regarding some of the 'lawmen' mentioned in my teaser, I would agree with Brahms. There would've been a fine point in discriminating between lawmen and outlaws during those days. I just thought it fun to do a teaser that was a little bit different; and being an aussie I admit I don't know much about American cowboy history - other than what appears on TV and the movies. I simply got my information from: www.members.aol.com/TeacherNet/West.html#Lawmen
If I'm wrong, perhaps you need to email this website and offer them the correct information.
If I'm wrong, perhaps you need to email this website and offer them the correct information.
Jazz, we Yanks do appreciate your exploration of our... uh... somewhat colorful (mostly red) history. You probably know a whole lot more about our Wild West that most of us!
Thanks Gebbie...and vice versa with you guys and Oz
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