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Barb_D

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No, it's an idiom to be used exactly that way and emulates "cowboy talk."
 

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There are a number of idioms that are ungrammatical but are not normally tidied up when used- if it ain't broke don't fix it, no can do, etc.
 

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There are a number of idioms that are ungrammatical but are not normally tidied up when used- if it ain't broke don't fix it, no can do, etc.
Yes, and thinking about the origin, I should have guessed that one as well.
 
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