The Facts on File Dictionary of American Regionalisms
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"Damm right he's dead!" roared my client. "Dead, dead, dead! He's graveyard dead! Dead as a doornail dead! Dead as four o'clock dead! Been dead so long, he's practically road-kill! Oh, but I called the famous veterinarian. Hours ago! My old horse was at death's door and the veterinarian pulled him through... the door that is!"