Welcome to another mind-bending episode of Word Woman's Weekly Work-Out! Train your brain for life-long learning by expanding your vocabulary. Here's a little gem from the vernacular of the Wild West, more for fun than for everyday use:
Cut your wolf loose: To go on a bender, to do something outrageous, to raise some h*ll while stimulated by strong drink. (See also "roostered") Ramon Adams' example is riding a horse into a saloon. He tells of a bartender who received a complaint from an Eastern customer about the horses in the saloon. The bartender answered that the Easterner had a lot of nerve coming in on foot. -- "Dictionary of the American West", Winfred Blevins, Facts On File, NY, 1993.
Example: If you really want to cut your wolf loose on Saturday night, Stockman's is the place to be.
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