You learned a lot of words back east, Becky. I wished to God they would have taught you some meanings.

— George Washington McLintock (John Wayne)

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east john wayne meaning words

8 seconds sound clip from the McLintock! (1963) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:18:35 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Your mother's and mine.

- Pretty good shot, Daddy.

- Oh, I can understand your trouble.

- Mama's often so, well, so petulant.

- You learned a lot of words back east, Becky. I wished to God they would have taught you some meanings.

- You were only about six months old when your mother stayed alone with you in a sod hut under eight foot of snow while I moved the herd 300 miles south to try and save it.

- Saved about half of it.

- You were a little more than a year old at the time of the great Comanche raids.

- We stood off 500 Plains Indians for nine days.

- Petulant, Becky?

[...]

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I was called that once. Looked it up in the dictionary. It's best you don't know what it means.

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Actors: John Wayne (George Washington McLintock), Maureen O'Hara (Katherine McLintock), Chill Wills (Drago), Stefanie Powers (Becky McLintock), Yvonne De Carlo (Louise Warren)

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