slap leather
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.82 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[T]he western . . . provides a ready armature for other dramas that have nothing to do with slapping leather, riding horseflesh or kissing purty gals."
- "Murphy plays Tom Destry, the peace-loving son of a notorious gunslinger. . . . Though he prefers to talk rather than slap leather, Destry manages to keep the bad guys at bay."
- "With .45s strapped to their sides, gunslingers—30 men, six women, even an 11-year-old kid—slogged through the mud in their cowboy boots to reach a dirt-caked boardwalk where, one after another, they slapped leather to see who would reign as Oklahoma’s fastest gun."
Usage
- American usage