What does riata mean?
Riata means (US, regional) A lariat or lasso..
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/ɹɪˈɑːtə/ · noun
(US, regional) A lariat or lasso..
“You double-crossing devil,” the young man growled. “[…] Hereafter you'll trot ahead of me at the end of a riata, while I keep you on the jump with a four-horse whip. Right now you're scattering my dunnage from hell to breakfast, […]”
A few blocks from the capitol we stripped him, cut off everything hanging between his legs, then fixed him with a riata and dragged him up and down Congress.
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Riata means (US, regional) A lariat or lasso..
Common synonyms include lariat, lasso.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
“You double-crossing devil,” the young man growled. “[…] Hereafter you'll trot ahead of me at the end of a riata, while I keep you on the jump with a four-horse whip. Right now you're scattering my dunnage from hell to breakfast, […]”
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