owl hoot trail
American Old West slang for the hidden network of back-roads, trails, and remote paths used by outlaws, bandits, and fugitives to avoid lawmen.
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American Old West slang for the hidden network of back-roads, trails, and remote paths used by outlaws, bandits, and fugitives to avoid lawmen. Riding the owl hoot trail meant you were living on the wrong side of the law, moving at night like an owl, keeping to unmarked routes that kept you out of sight of sheriffs and posses. The phrase captures the romanticised mythology of the outlaw life in frontier America.
After the bank job went sideways, the gang hit the owl hoot trail and disappeared into the badlands.
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(US, slang) A path taken by outlaws or fugitives.
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