Both Uses
jugular
in
Lonesome Dove
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- Then he drew his knife, wrapped the bridle reins tightly around one hand, and jabbed the knife into the horse's neck, slashing the jugular vein.†
Chpt 56-57 *
- "A lady can slice your jugular as quick as a Comanche," he said.†
Chpt 83-84
Definitions:
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(1)
(jugular) veins in the neck that return blood from the head
or:
amy vital part that is vulnerable to attack - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)