A tiny upright wooden piano has a paper flag above it and a small hat resting on the keys.

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Cowboy

Drunk piano player. Probably seein' double.

— Tombstone  ·  1993

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker dismisses a piano player as drunk and guesses that he is seeing double. The clipped phrasing makes the observation sound casual and contemptuous. It offers intoxication as an explanation for the player’s perception, without the isolated words establishing what prompted the remark.

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