owl hoot trailとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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owl hoot trail ‎(複数形 owl hoot trails)

1. (US, slang) A path taken by outlaws or fugitives.
   • 2000, William W. Johnstone, Justice of the Mountain Man:

     “One thing after all my years ridin' the owl-hoot trail, podna, is that you can't think about what may be behind you. If you do, you soon go crazy in the head.”

   • 2003, E. Roy Hector, Escape from Hell's Corner, p. 80:

     Tub Sampson had quit the owl-hoot trail at the urging of his Indian wife and had been trying to make an honest living for the last several years.