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Cowboy Dictionary<\/h1><\/div><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”250px”][vc_empty_space height=”250px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” css=”.vc_custom_1637082929271{margin-top: -35px !important;background-image: url(http:\/\/ridesouthdakota.com\/rushmore-horseback-riding\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/wood-strip-header2.jpg?id=3450) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tour][vc_tta_section title=”A” tab_id=”1637083233073-cba1a385-5c8e”][vc_column_text]Abisselfa<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 By itself.
\nAbandons<\/b> \u2013 Foundlings.
\nAbove-Board<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 In open sight, without artifice, or trick.
\nAbove One\u2019s Bend<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Out of one\u2019s power, beyond reach.
\nAbove Snakes<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 If you were \u201cabove snakes,\u201d you were above ground \u2013 meaning still alive.
\nAbsquatulate<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To leave or disappear.
\nAce in the Hole<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A hideout or a hidden gun.<\/b>
\nAce-High<\/b> \u2013 Depending upon the context, this might mean \u201cfirst-class and respected\u201d, or it could mean a winning poker hand.
\nAccording to Hoyle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Correct, by the book. \u201cHoyle\u201d is a dictionary of rules for card playing games.
\nAcknowledge the Corn<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To admit the truth, to confess a lie, or acknowledge an obvious personal shortcoming.
\nAcock<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Knocked over, defeated, astounded, suddenly surprised.
\nAcorn Calf\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 A weak or runty calf.
\nAcquisitive<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Booty, plunder.
\nAcreocracy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Signifies a landlord interest.
\nAcross Lots<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The fastest way possible, in the most expeditious manner.
\nActual<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Money.
\nAdam\u2019s Ale<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Water.
\nAddle-headed<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Empty-headed, not smart.
\nAddle-pot<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A spoil sport
\nAdvantage<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Pocket\u00a0advantage<\/i>\u00a0\u2013 Carrying a derringer in a coat pocket that is charged and at half cock. Sometimes a shot is fired through the pocket itself.
\nAfeared<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Scared, frightened.
\nAfterclaps<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Unexpected happenings after an event is supposed to be over.
\nAfly<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To become expert at.
\nAgee, Ajee<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Askew, crooked.
\nA Hog-Killin\u2019 Time<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A real good time. \u201cWe went to the Rodeo Dance and had us a hog-killin\u2019 time.\u201d
\nAirin\u2019 the Lungs<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A cowboy term for cussing.
\nAirin\u2019 the Paunch<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Vomit, throw-up, regurgitate. He\u2019s \u201cairing the paunch\u201d after a heavy bout of drinking.
\nAirish<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A little cool.
\nAir Line Road<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A railroad track when it passes over the level unbroken prairie.
\nAirtights<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Canned goods, such as canned beans, milk, or fruit.
\nAlfalfa Desperado<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 What cowboys often called a farmer.
\nA Lick and a Promise<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/b>To do a haphazard job. \u201cShe just gave it a lick and a promise.\u201d
\nAll Abroad<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 At a loss, not comprehending.
\nAll Beer and Skittles<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Unpleasant, not so happy.
\nAll Down But Nine<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/b>Missed the point, not understood. This referenced missing all nine pins in bowling. (Yes, there was bowling during Old West times.)
\nAll-fired<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Very, great, immensely; used for emphasis. He is just too all-fired lazy to get any work done around here. Also \u201chell-fired\u201d and \u201cjo-fired.\u201d
\nAllers<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Always
\nAll My Eye<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Nonsense, untrue.
\nAll Over<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Bearing a resemblance to some particular object
\nAll-overish<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Uncomfortable. \u201cI was just all-overish around that steely-eyed man.\u201d
\nAll the Caboose<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Everywhere
\nAll the Shoot<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The whole assembly, al the party.
\nAll to Pieces<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Completely, absolutely.
\nAllot Upon<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To intend, to form a purpose. \u201cI allot upon going to Boston.\u201d
\nAll-Standing<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Without preparation, suddenly.
\nAmbush<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The scales used by grocers, coal-dealers, etc. Call such because the were always \u201clying in weight.\u201d
\nAmong the Willows<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Dodging the Law.
\nAmputate Your Timber, or mahogan<\/b>y \u2013 Go way, run off.
\nAngelicas<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Young unmarried women.
\nAngolmaniacs<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Another name for those \u201cback east,\u201d ultra-English.
\nAngoras<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Hair-covered, goat-hide chaps. Especially good in cold weather.
\nAnnex<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To steal. This became popular at the time Texas was annexed, which was regarded by many as a theft.
\nAnti-fogmatic<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Raw rum or whiskey. \u201cI see that bartender is mixing a couple of anti-fogmatics.\u201d
\nAnti-goglin<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Lopsided.
\nApple<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Saddle horn.
\nApple Jack<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A liquor distilled from cider, also called cider brandy.
\nApple Peeler<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Pocket Knife
\nApple Pie Order<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 In top shape, perfect order.
\nArbuckle\u2019s<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Slang for coffee, taken from a popular brand of the time. \u201cI need a cup of Arbuckle\u2019s.\u201d
\nArgufy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Argue, to have weight as an argument.
\nArgy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Argue
\nArikara<\/b>\u00a0(also\u00a0Arikaree<\/b>) \u2013 This term is believed to mean \u201chorns,\u201d after this tribe\u2019s ancient custom of wearing hair ornaments that stuck upright and were made of bone.
\nArkansas Toothpick<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A long, sharp knife. Also known as a California or Missouri toothpick.
\nArmas<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Spanish forerunner of chaps. Cowboys fastened two large pieces of cowhide to the side of the saddle that protected their legs from thorns and brush.
\nAry<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Either.
\nAsh-Hopper<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A lie cask, or box for ashes, resembling a hopper in a mill.
\nAsk No Adds<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Ask no favor.
\nAspen<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A high altitude hardwood tree.
\nAt Sea<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/b>At a loss, not comprehending. \u201cWhen it comes to understanding women, I\u2019m at sea.\u201d
\nAttitudinize<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To assume an affected attitude.
\nAtween<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Between.
\nAtwixt<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Between. \u201cThere were hard feelings atwixt them.\u201d
\nAuger<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The big boss.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”B” tab_id=”1637083233212-0d79ae9a-fc7a”][vc_column_text]Bach<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To bachelor it. For men to keep house without a woman\u2019s help. Pronounced, and sometimes spelled, \u201cbatch\u201d.
\nBackdoor Trots<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Diarrhea
\nBacon<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Meaning to save one\u2019s self from injury. To save one\u2019s bacon.
\nBack Seats<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An obscure and modest position, usually referring to politics.
\nBack Staircase<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A derisive term for a bustle. Also called a \u201cbird cage\u201d or \u201ccanary cage.\u201d
\nBad Box<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To be in a bad box, is to be in a bad predicament.
\nBad Egg<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A bad person.
\nBad Hoss<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A bad or wild horse.
\nBadlands<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 From a French term meaning \u201cbad country for travel.\u201d The term applied to barren areas of South Dakota, as well as other inhospitable western locations.
\nBag of Nails<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Everything in confusion, topsy-turvy.
\nBait<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Food
\nBaker\u2019s Dozen<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Thirteen.
\nBake<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To overheat a horse by riding too fast, long, or hard.
\nBakes<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 One\u2019s original stake in a game.
\nBalderdash<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Nonsense, foolishness; empty babble.
\nBaldface Dishes<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/b>China dishes.
\nBallast<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Money
\nBalled Up<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Confused.
\nBallyhoo<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Sales talk, advertising, exaggeration.
\nBalmy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Sleepy, weak-minded, dull.
\nBalls<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To make a mistake, to get in trouble. Or, rubbish such as \u201call balls\u201d \u2013 all rubbish.
\nBamboozle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To deceive, impose upon, confound. \u201cAfter Nick had bamboozled about the money, he was arrested.\u201d
\nBanagher<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To bang
\nBanco or Bunko Steerer or Roper<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A sharper, confidence-trick man.
\nBanded<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Hungry
\nBand Wagon<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Peddler\u2019s wagon.
\nBandero<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Widow\u2019s weeds.
\nBangtail<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A wild horse \u2013 mustang.
\nBanjo<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A miner\u2019s term for a short-handled shovel.
\nBanquette<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The name for a side-walk in some of Southern cities.
\nBar Dog<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Bar tender.
\nBared<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Shaved
\nBarber\u2019s Cat<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Half-starved, sickly-looking person.
\nBarber\u2019s Clerk<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A conceited, over-dressed fellow who trys to act like a \u201cgentleman.\u201d
\nBarefoot<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An unshod horse.
\nBark<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To scalp.
\nBarkin\u2019 at a Knot<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Doing something useless; wasting your time, trying something impossible.
\nBarking Irons<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Pistols.
\nBarnum<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 \u201cTo talk Barnum\u201d is to not indulge in extravagant, hugh falutin\u2019 talk, but talks in a quiet manner.
\nBarrens<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Elevated lands, or plains upon which grow small trees, but never timber.
\nBarrow-tram<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A rawboned, awkward looking person.
\nBarrel Boarder<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A bum, a low sot.
\nBarrel Fever<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A hangover.
\nBase Burner<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A drink of whiskey.
\nBat<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A frolic, a spree.
\nBatting His Eyes<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A gambler\u2019s term for men who look on but don\u2019t play.
\nBattlin\u2019 Stick<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A stick to stir clothes in the wash pot.
\nBat Wings<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Chaps.
\nBay<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A horse of llight-red color.
\nBay-window<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Pregnancy.
\nBazoo<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Mouth. \u201cShut your big bazoo.\u201d
\nBeads<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The bubbles which rise on a glass of wine or spirits.
\nBean Eater<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A Mexican
\nBean Master<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The cook
\nBear Sign<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 \u00a0A cowboy term for donuts made while they were on the range. A cook who could and would make them was highly regarded.
\nBeat the Devil around the Stump<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To evade responsibility or a difficult task. \u201cQuit beatin\u2019 the devil around the stump and ask that girl to marry you.\u201d
\nBecase<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Because.
\nBed Ground<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Where cattle are held at night.
\nBed Him Down<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To kill a man.
\nBed-house<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Brothel.
\nBed-fagot<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Prostitute.
\nBed-post<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A moment, an instant, jiffy. \u201cHe got over here in the twinkling of a\u00a0bed-post<\/i>.\u201d
\nBed-rock<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Not able to go lower. \u201cIs that the\u00a0bed-rock<\/i>\u00a0price?\u201d
\nBee<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0A gathering of friends, family and neighbors to get a specific job done\u00a0 Usually used with women\u2019s quilting get togethers \u2013 a quilting bee.
\nBee in Your Bonnet<\/b>\u2013 An idea.
\nBeef<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To kill. (This came from killing a cow for food.) \u201cDoc Holiday beefed a man today.\u201d
\nBeef-headed\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Stupid, dull as an ox.
\nBeef Tea<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Shallow water where cows have stood.
\nBeen in the Sun<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Drunk
\nBeen Through the Mill<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Been through a lot, seen it all.
\nBee-sweetening<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Honey
\nBeetle-crushers<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Feet
\nBeeves<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Cattle
\nB\u2019hoy\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 A rowdy young man, reveler or ruffian.
\nBeliked<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Liked; beloved.
\nBellyache<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Complain.
\nBelly Cheater<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A cook.
\nBelly Robber\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 The cook.
\nBelly Through the Brush<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Dodge the law.
\nBelly Wash<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Weak coffee.
\nBelvidere<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A handsome man.
\nBend an Elbow<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Have a drink. \u201cHe\u2019s been known to bend an elbow with the boys.\u201d
\nBender<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Initially referred to a spree or a frolic. Later, and now, also used to describe someone on a drinking binge.
\nBenzinery<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A low-grade drinking place. Cheap whiskey was sometimes called benzene.
\nBerdache<\/b> \u2013 An Indian male who dressed and lived entirely as a woman, fulfilling a cultural role within the tribe. Sometimes called in Indian languages a \u201cwould be woman\u201d and sometimes thought of as a third sex. Common among the tribes of the Americas, these men-women had social and religious powers. They might be givers of sacred names; leaders of ceremonial dances; visionaries and predictors of the future; matchmakers; etc. Understood as following a vision by most Indians, they were not tolerated by whites. They persist today, discreetly.
\nBest Bib and Tucker<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Wearing your best clothes. \u201cThere\u2019s a dance Saturday, so put on your best bib and tucker.\u201d
\nBetterments<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The improvements made on new lands, by cultivation and the erection of buildings.
\nBettermost<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The best.
\nBetty<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A pear-shaped bottle wound around with straw which contains Italian olive oil.
\nBetween Hay and Grass<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Neither man nor boy, half-grown.
\nB\u2019hoys<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Noisy young men of the lower ranks of society.
\nBible<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A small packet of papers used to roll cigarettes. Also called a \u201cdream book\u201d or a \u201cprayer book.\u201d
\nBible Bump<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A bump (or cyst) on the wrist or hand that old timers say would disappear if whacked by a large book \u2013 such as the bible.
\nBiddable<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Docile, obedient, tractable.
\nBiddy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Hen. Also used to refer to a nagging or complaining woman.
\nBiff\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 To strike in ones face.
\nBig Augur<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Ranch Owner.
\nBig Bug<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Important person, official, boss. \u201cHe\u2019s one of the railroad big bugs.\u201d
\nBig Figure<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To do things on on a large scale.
\nBig Fifty<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A .50 caliber Sharps rifle used by professionals for buffalo hunting. It was 16 pounds unloaded, with three-quarter inch, 120-grain black powder cartridges loaded for differing ranges.
\nBiggest Toad in the Puddle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The most important person in a group.
\nBiggity<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Large, extravagant, grand, hauty.
\nBig Guns<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Men of importance, great people.
\nBig Jump<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Death.
\nBig Nuts to Crack<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A difficult or large undertaking.
\nBig Pasture<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The penitentiary
\nBig Sugar<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Ranch owner.
\nBill Show<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A Wild West show. Probably derived from the names of the two leading show promoters \u2013 William Frederick \u201cBuffalo Bill\u201d Cody and Gordan William \u201cPawnee Bill\u201d Lillie.
\nBilk<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Cheat.
\nBime-By<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 By-and-by, soon, in a short time.
\nBiscuit<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Saddle horn.
\nBiscuit Roller\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 The cook.
\nBiscuit Shooter<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The cook.
\nBishop<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An appendage to a lady\u2019s wardrobe, more commonly called a bustle.
\nBite the Ground<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To be killed.
\nBit House<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A cheap saloon.
\nBlack-eyed Susan<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A six-gun.
\nBlack<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To look black at one is to look at one with anger or deep resentment.
\nBlack-Leg<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A gambler.
\nBlacksmithing<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Pimping for a prostitute.
\nBlack Snake<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A long whip.
\nBlack Spot<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Shade.
\nBlackstrap<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Gin and molasses
\nBlack Water<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Weak coffee.
\nBlame<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Euphemism for damn.
\nBlarney<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Stories, flattery, tall tales, idle discourse.
\nBlather<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Impudence. \u201cI\u2019ll have none of your blather.\u201d
\nBlatherskite<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A blustering, noisy, talkative fellow.
\nBlazes<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Euphemism for hell or the devil.
\nBlow<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To taunt; to ridicule. Also means to turn informer on an accomplice.
\nBlow Out<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A feast; also called a tuck out.
\nBlue<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Drunk.
\nTo Look Blue At Someone<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To look at one with displeasure or dissatisfaction.
\nBlue Belly<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A Yankee.
\nBlue Devils<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Dispirited. \u201cI have the blue devils today.\u201d
\nBlue John<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Skimmed Milk
\nBlue Lightnin\u2019<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A six-gun.
\nBlue-Skins<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A nickname applied to the Presbyterians, from their alleged grave deportment.
\nBlue Stocking<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An epithet applied to literary ladies.
\nBlusteration<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The noise of a braggart.
\nBoatable<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Navigable for boats, or small river-craft
\nBobbery<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A squabble, argument.
\nBobtail Guard<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The first cowboy guarding the cattle at night.
\nBockey<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A bowl or vessel made from a gourd.
\nBocking<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 \u00a0Cotton or woollen cloth used to cover floors or to protect carpets.
\nBodega<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Spanish term for a cheap saloon.
\nBoggy Top<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A pie baked without a top crust.
\nBog-Trotter<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 One that lives in a boggy country.
\nBogus<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A liquor made of rum and molasses.
\nBoil Over<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A horse that starts bucking.
\nBolt<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To swallow food without chewing
\nBonanza<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The discovery of an exceptionally rich vein of gold or silver.
\nBone Orchard<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Cemetery.
\nBoodle\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 A crowd of people.
\nBoogered Up<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Crippled or badly injured.
\nBoot-licker<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The equivalent of an ass-kisser.
\nBoom Along<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A seaman\u2019s term meaning to move rapidly.
\nBoot Yard<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 This was a cemetery, especially for those who died with their boots on; also called boothill, bone yard, bone orchard, grave patch.
\nBonny\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Clapper or Bonny-Clabber \u2013 An Irish term for sour buttermilk.
\nBo-Peep<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To play at bo-peep. To peep out suddenly from a hiding place, and cry bo! a children\u2019s game.
\nBoose<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Drink liquor.
\nBoosy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Fuddled or a little intoxicated.
\nBoosily<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Lazily, in a state of intoxication.
\nBorn Days<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 All one\u2019s lifetime; since one was born. \u201cIn all my born days I never saw a man so big.\u201d
\nBosh\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Nonsense. \u201cIt was absolute bosh what he said.\u201d
\nBoss<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The best, top. \u201cThe Alhambra Saloon sells the boss whiskey in town.\u201d
\nBossy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A familiar name applied to a calf.
\nBoston Dollar\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 A penny.
\nBothahrayshun<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A bother
\nBottom<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Low land with rich soil.
\nBottom-Lands<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 In the Western States, this name was given to the rich flat land on the banks of rivers.
\nBottled Courage<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Whiskey.
\nBouncing<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Large, heavy. \u201cSally gave birth to a bouncing baby girl.
\nBouge<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To swell out, to bulge.
\nBowie-Knife<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A knife from ten to fifteen inches long and about two inches broad, so named after its inventor, James Bowie.
\nBox Herder<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The person in charge of the \u201cgirls\u201d at a brothel or saloon. Their job was to keep the \u201cladies\u201d in line.
\nBrack<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A breach, a broken part.
\nBrain Tablet<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Cigarette.
\nBrand Artist<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A rustler who alters brands with a running iron.
\nBrash<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Brittle.
\nBreachy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A term applied to unruly oxen.
\nBread Jerker<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Adam\u2019s apple.
\nBrick in One\u2019s Hat<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To be drunk. That old man\u2019s got one hellofa brick in his hat.
\nBrigham Young Cocktail<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Strong whiskey.
\nBrisk Up<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To come up with life and speed, take an erect or bold attitude.
\nBroke in Two<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A horse bucking.
\nBronc Buster\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 A cowboy who could tame wild horses. Contrary to popular thinking, not all cowboys could ride just any horse, though most could ride any broken mount. But the bronc buster, also called a \u201cbonc peeler\u201d and a \u201cbronc breaker,\u201d was a breed apart. These men, with a special type of \u201chorse sense\u201d earned not only the esteem of the other cowboys, but usually better wages.
\nBroken Wind<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A lung infection in horses.
\nBroomtail<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A long, bushy-tailed range mare, usually unbroken. Also called a \u201cbroomie.\u201d
\nBrother-Chip<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A fellow-carpenter; in a more general sense, a person of the same trade.
\nBrown Study<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Deep thought; absence of mind. \u201cHe is in a brown study.\u201d
\nBrown Gargle \u2013\u00a0<\/b>Coffee.
\nBrush<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A skirmish, or fight.
\nBub<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Brother
\n<\/a>Buckaroo<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A cowboy, usually from the desert country of Oregon, Nevada, California, or Idaho.
\nBucket of Blood<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A violence-prone frontier saloon.
\nBucket Shop<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A gin mill or distillery.
\nBucking the Tiger<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Playing Faro or poker. Also referred to as \u201ctwisting the tiger\u2019s tail.\u201d
\nBuckle Bunnies<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Female groupies who follow and befriend rodeo riders.
\nBuck Up<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Cheer up; chin up.
\nBuckle<\/b>-To \u2013 Set about any task with energy and a determination.
\nBuckra\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 A white man, applied to white men by the blacks of the African coast.
\nBuffaloed<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Confused.
\nBuffalo Soldiers<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Black soldiers of the U.S. army who fought Indians and policed the frontier in the years following the Civil War. The term was derived from the men\u2019s hair which the Indians thought resembled the fur of the buffalo. Not all of the recruits were former slaves; most were free blacks of Northern parentage and many had served with distinction during the Civil War.
\nBug Juice<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Booze, firewater, whiskey.
\nBuild a Loop<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Shaking out a coil of rope in preparation for roping.
\nBull<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An officer of the law
\nBullboat<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A craft with a willow frame covered by buffalo hide.
\nBulldoze<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To bully, threaten, or coerce.
\nBulldozer<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A big person.
\nBull Nurse<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A cowboy.
\nBully<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Exceptionally good, outstanding. (Used as an exclamation.) \u201cBully for you!\u201d
\nBully For You!<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Well done, good job, good for you.
\nBullwhacker<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A person who drives a team of oxen, usually walking beside them.
\nBumblebee Whiskey \u2013\u00a0<\/b>Liquor strong enough to \u201csting.\u201d
\nTo Bundle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A man and woman lying on the same bed with their clothes on, usually separated by a \u201cbundling board.\u201d The practice was used when there was a scarcity of beds
\nBungo\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 A kind of boat used at the South.
\nBunk House<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A house or cabin\u00a0 the hired cowboys live in.
\nBunko Artist<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A con man.
\nBurg<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A town, rather than the common camps and small settlements.
\nBurn the Breeze<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Ride at full speed.
\nBurnt His Fingers<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 When a person has suffered loss by a speculation, he is said to have burnt his fingers.
\nBurrow Milk<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Nonsense.
\nBushwhack<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A cowardly attack or ambush.
\nBushwhacker<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A raw countryman, a green-horn. Also applies to ambushers.
\nBuss<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Kiss.
\nButton<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A young boy.
\nBuzzard Bait<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A worn out horse.
\nBuzzard Food<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Dead.
\nBy Hook or Crook<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To do any way possible.
\nBuster<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Anything large in size or a man of great strength.
\nBuster or Bust<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A frolic, a spree. \u201cThey were on a buster, and were taken in by the police.\u201d
\nBustle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A pad stuffed with cotton or feathers, worn by ladies for the double purpose of giving a greater prominence to the hips, and setting off the smallness of the waist.
\nBy The Bye<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 By the way, in passing.
\nBy Good Rights<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 By right, by strict justice, entitled. \u201cBy good rights Mr. Clay ought to be President of the United States.\u201d
\nBy Gum!<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An inoffensive oath
\nBy The Skin Of One\u2019s Teeth<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 When a man has made a narrow escape from any dilemma, barely[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”C” tab_id=”1637083248160-0f9a24ca-399f”][vc_column_text]Caboodle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The whole thing. Also called \u201ckit and caboodle.\u201d
\nCaboose<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A ship\u2019s cooking-range or kitchen.
\nCady<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Hat
\nCahoots<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Partnership, company or band. \u201cThose to are in cahoots together.\u201d
\nCalaboose<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Jail.
\nCalamity Jane<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Obviously the hard-cussing, heavy-drinking frontier woman, but is also a gambling term for the Queen of Spades.
\nCalash<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A covering for the head, usually worn by ladies to protect their head-dresses when going to evening parties, the theatre, etc.
\nCalf Slobbers<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Meringue on the top of pie.
\nCalibogus<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Rum and spruce-beer.
\nCalico<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A paint horse.
\nCalico Queen<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Prostitute.
\nCalifornia Collar\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 A hangman\u2019s noose.
\nCalifornia Prayer Book<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Gambling term for a deck of cards.
\nCalifornia Widow<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A woman separated from her husband, but not divorced. (From when pioneer men went West, leaving their wives to follow later.)
\nCallin\u2019\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Courting.
\nCalk<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Sharp points of iron on horse or ox shoes to prevent their slipping on ice.
\nCame Apart<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A horse bucking.
\nCandle-light<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Dusk. The dance will start at early candle-light.
\nCanister<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Gun
\nCanned Cow<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Canned milk.
\nCannon<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A revolver
\nCan Openers \u2013\u00a0<\/b>Spurs
\nCan\u2019t Come It<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Cannot do it. \u201cYou can\u2019t come it over me so.\u201d
\nCaporal<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The ranch foreman or roundup boss.
\nCap the Climax<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To beat all, surpass everything.
\nCardinal<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The name of a woman\u2019s cloak, from the red or scarlet habit worn by cardinals.
\nCarryall<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A four-wheeled pleasure carriage, capable of holding several persons.
\nCash In<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To die.
\nCatalogue Woman<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A mail order bride.
\nCatawampous\u00a0<\/b>\u2013\u00a0 Fiercely, eagerly, awry, cockeyed, crooked, skewed. Also \u201ccatawamptiously.\u201d
\nCatawamptiously Chawed Up<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Completely demolished, utterly defeated.
\nCatch A Tartar<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To attack one of superior strength or abilities.
\nCatch a Weasel Asleep<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Referring to something impossible or unlikely, usually used in regard to someone who is always alert and seldom or never caught off guard. \u201cYou can\u2019t sneak up on that dude any sooner than you can catch a weasel asleep.\u201d
\nCatgut<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Rawhide rope.
\nCattle Baron<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A cattle owner with numerous herds of stock, welding power and influence in an area.
\nCattle Kate<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A female cattle rustler.
\nCats-Paw<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To be made a cats-paw of. To be made a tool or instrument to accomplish the purpose of another.
\nCatstick<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A bat used by boys in a game at ball
\nCatty-Cornered<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Diagonally across. \u201cThe Courthouse is catty-cornered from the drugstore.\u201d
\n<\/a>Cavay<\/b>\u2013 (see also Remuda) \u2013 A herd of horses on a ranch.
\nCavort<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To frolic or prance about, to be lively, having fun.
\nCat Wagon<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A wagon that carried prostitutes along cattle trails
\nCayuse<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A cowboy\u2019s steed.
\nCausey<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A causeway, or way raised above the natural level
\nCavallard<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Caravans crossing the prairies.
\nCaveson<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A muzzle for a horse.
\nCelestial<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A term used in the West to refer to people of Chinese descent; the word derives from an old name for China, the \u201cCelestial Empire.\u201d
\nChalk<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Not by a long chalk. When a person attempts to effect a particular object, in which he fails, we say, \u201cHe can\u2019t do it by a long chalk.\u201d
\nChap<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A boy, lad, a fellow.
\nCharivari<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 (Commonly pronounced shevaree.) \u2013 A custom of serenading the newly married with noise, including tin horns, bells, pans, kettles, etc. This \u201cserenade\u201d is continued night after night until the party is invited in and handsomely entertained.
\nChaw<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Chew.
\nChaw Up<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To use up, demolish.
\nChickabiddy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A young chicken. Used also as a term of endearment for children.
\nChew \u2013\u00a0<\/b>Eat
\nChew Gravel<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Thrown from a horse.
\nChip<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The money drawer in a bank.
\nChink<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Money.
\nChinking And Daubing<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The process of filling with clay the interstices between the logs of cabins.
\nChirk<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To make a peculiar noise by placing the tongue against the roof of the mouth, to urge horses on. Also refers to people as cheerful, good spirits, comfortable.
\nChisel or Chiseler<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To cheat or swindle, a cheater.
\nChitlins<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Fragments, small pieces. Also, refers to Chitterlings.
\nChitterlings<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The intestines of a pig that have been prepared as food.
\nChock<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To put a wedge under a thing to prevent its moving.
\nChock Up<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Close, tight, fitting closely together.
\nChock-Full or Chuck-Full<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Entirely full.
\nChoke Strap<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A necktie.
\nChoke the Horn<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To grab the saddle horn, something no cowboy wants to be seen doing.
\nChop<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A Chinese word signifying quality, first introduced to mariners in the China trade. Soon became a common word of seamen applied to fine silks, teas, tobacco, etc.
\nChopper<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The cowboy who cuts out the cattle during a roundup.
\nChow<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Food, dinner.
\nChuck\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Food.
\nChuck box<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A pantry box attached to a horse drawn chuck wagon.
\nChuck wagon \u2013\u00a0<\/b>A horse drawn wagon that acts as a mobile kitchen.
\nChucklehead<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A fool.
\nChuck\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Food.
\nChuck-Line Rider<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An unemployed cowboy who rode from ranch to ranch, exchanging a bit of news and gossip for a meal. Also called a \u201cgrub-line rider.\u201d
\nChuck Wagon Chicken<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Cowboys humorously used the term for fried bacon.
\nChuffy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Blunt, surly, clownish.
\nChurched<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Expelled from church.
\nChurn Twister<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A derogatory term for a farmer.
\nClaw Leather<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To grab the saddle horn, something no cowboy wants to be seen doing.
\nCivism\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Love of country, patriotism.
\nCivilizee<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A civilized man, one advanced in civilization.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>
\nClap Or Clap Down<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To set down or charge to one\u2019s account.
\nClap-Trap<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An artifice for attracting applause, used chiefly in theatrical or political events. Later, applied to someone\u2019s mouth that constantly makes noise.
\nClean his\/your plow<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To get or give a thorough whippin\u2019.
\nClean Thing<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Denotes propriety or what is honorable. \u201cHe did the \u201cclean thing\u201d and turned himself in.\u201d
\nClip<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 \u00a0A blow or a stroke with the hand. Also refers to running away \u2013 to \u201ccut and run.\u201d
\nClitchy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Clammy, sticky, glutinous.
\nClinch Mountain<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Rye whiskey.
\nClodhopper<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A rustic, a clown.
\nClose-Fisted<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Stingy, mean.
\nClothes-Horse<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A frame-work for hanging clothes on to dry after they have been washed and ironed, in the form of an opening screen.
\nClothesline<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Rope.
\nClout<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A blow or strike, usually with the fist.
\nClum<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Past tense of climb.
\nCoal-Hod<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A kettle for carrying coals to the fire. Also called a coal scuttle.
\nCocinero<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The camp cook \u2013 also called \u201ccoosie\u201d and \u201ccusie.\u201d
\nCocked Hat<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To knock someone senseless or to shock him completely. Old Joe knocked him into a cocked hat.
\nCoffee Boiler<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Shirker, lazy person. (Would rather sit around the coffee pot than help.)
\nCoffin Varnish<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Whiskey.
\nCoil<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Rope.
\nCookie<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Ranch or cattle drive cook.
\nCold as a Wagon Tire<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Dead.
\nCold Meat Wagon<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A hearse.
\nColors<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The particles of gold gleaming in a prospector\u2019s gold pan.
\nCooling yer heels<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Staying for a while. \u201cHe\u2019ll be cooling his heels in the pokey.\u201d
\nCome a Cropper<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Come to ruin, fail, or fall heavily. \u201cHe had big plans to get rich, but it all became a cropper, when the railroad didn\u2019t come through.\u201d
\nCompressed Hay<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Cowchips.
\nConniption Fit<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A fit of hysteria.
\nConsumption<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Tuberculosis.
\nContinental<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The money issued by Congress during the Revolutionary War. It eventually became synonymous with anything worthless.
\nConverter \u2013\u00a0<\/b>A preacher.
\nCoon\u2019s Age<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A long time.
\nCoosie<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The camp cook.
\nCoot<\/b><\u00a0\u2013 An idiot, simpleton, a ninny.
\nCopper<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A copper coin such as the American penny or British.
\nCopper a Bet<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Betting to lose, or being prepared against loss. \u201cI\u2019m just coppering my bets.\u201d
\nCopperhead\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Northern person with Southern, anti-Union sympathies.
\nCorduroy Road<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A road or causeway constructed with logs laid together over swamps or marshy places.
\nCorks<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The steel points fixed under the shoes of horses, in the winter, to prevent them from falling on the ice.
\nCorn-Cracker<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The nickname for a native of Kentucky.
\nCorn-Dodger<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A kind of cake made of Indian corn, and baked very hard.
\nCorned\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Drunk.
\nCorn-Juice<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Whisky.
\nCorral Dust<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Lies and tall tales.
\nCottonwood Blossom<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A man lynched from the limb of a tree.
\nCotton To<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0 To take a liking to.
\nCountrified<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Rustic, rude.
\nCouldn\u2019t hold a candle to<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Not even close.\u00a0 \u201cShe couldn\u2019t hold a candle to that beauty across the room.\u201d
\nCoverlid<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A bed-quilt, counterpane.
\nCowboy Cocktail<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Straight whiskey.
\nCowboy Up<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Tuff-up, get back on yer horse, don\u2019t back down, don\u2019t give up, and do the best you can with the hand you\u2019re dealt, give it all you\u2019ve got.
\nCow Chip<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Dried cow manure.
\nCow Grease<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Butter, also called \u201ccow salve.\u201d
\nCowhand<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A cowboy, also called cowpoke, cowprod, and cowpuncher.
\nCowhide<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A particular kind of whip made of raw hide; it is also called a raw-hide. Term also refers to flogging with a cowhide \u2013 \u201cto cowhide.\u201d
\nCow Juice<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Milk
\nCow-Lease<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A right of pasturage for a cow, in a common pasture.
\nCowpunching<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Driving the cattle to market.
\nCow Sense<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Intelligence.
\nCow Wood\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Cowchips.
\nCrack<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Most famous, best.
\nCracked<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Crazy.
\nCracker<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A small hard biscuit.
\nCracker<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A poor white person of the South, named after the crackling whips used by rural Southerners.
\nCrackerbox<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A rodeo rider\u2019s term for a bronc saddle.
\nCracklings<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Cinders, the remains of a wood fire
\nCrack Up<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To brag or boast.
\nCradle-Scythe<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Called also simply cradle. A common scythe with a light frame-work, used for cutting grain instead of the sickle.
\nCrambo<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A diversion in which one gives a word, to which another finds a rhyme. If the same word is repeated, a forfeit is demanded. It also refers to drinking.
\nCrash<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A coarse kind of linen cloth used for towels.
\nCrawl His Hump<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To start a fight.
\nCrazy as a Loon<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Very crazy.
\nCreepmouse<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A term of endearment to babies.
\nCrimany<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Exclamation of surprise.
\nCritter<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Creature, varmint. Sometimes used to describe a contemptible person.
\nCroaker<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Pessimist, doomsayer. \u201cDon\u2019t be such an old croaker.\u201d
\nCrock<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The black of a pot; smut, the dust of soot or coal.
\nCrocky<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Smutty.
\nCrooked As A Virginia Fence<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A phrase applied to anything very crooked; and figuratively to persons of a stubborn temperament.
\nCross-Grained<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Perverse, troublesome.
\nCross-Patch<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An ill-tempered person.
\nCrotchety<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Whimsical; fanciful.
\nCrotchical<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Cross, perverse, peevish.
\nCrowbait<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Derogatory term for a poor-quality horse.
\nCrowbar Hotel \u2013\u00a0<\/b>Jail.
\nCruller<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A cake made of a strip of sweetened dough, boiled in lard, the two ends of which are twisted or curled together.
\nCrumb Castle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A chuckwagon.
\nCrumb Incubator\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 A cowboy\u2019s bed.
\nCrummy \u2013<\/b>\u00a0The caboose of a railroad train.
\nCrusty<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Sturdy, morose, snappish.
\nCubby-Hole or Cubby-House<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A snug place for a child. Later, also used to denote any small space.
\nCurly Wolf<\/b>\u2013 Real tough guy, dangerous man. \u201cOl\u2019 Bill is a regular curly wolf, especially when he\u2019s drinkin\u2019 whiskey.\u201d
\nCurmudgeon<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An avaricious, churlish fellow, a miser.
\nCurry Favor<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To seek or gain favor by flattery, caresses, kindness.
\nCurry the Kinks Out<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To break a horse.
\nCush<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Sweet fried cornmeal cake. Also called \u201ccushie.\u201d
\nCuss Words<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The swear words back then are pretty much the same as they are now, though they were not used as prevalently back then.\u00a0 Profanity was frowned upon by polite society and old west cowboys rarely would swear in front of a lady.
\nCut A Caper\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 The act of dancing in a frolicksome manner
\nCut a Dash or Cut a Swathe<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Make a great show; to make a figure.
\nCut A Figure<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To make an appearance, either good or bad.
\nCut And Come Again<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Implying that having cut as much as you pleased, you may come again; in other words, plenty; no lack; always a supply
\nCut And Dried<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Ready made.
\nCut And Run<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To be off, to be gone.
\nCut Didoes<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To get into mischief, frolicksome.
\nCut Dirt<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To run; to go fast.
\nCut a Path<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Leave, go.\u00a0 Are you ready to cut a path out of here?
\nCut a Rusty<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To go courtin\u2019.
\nCut A Swell<\/b>\u2013 Present a fine figure. \u201cHe sure is cutting a swell with the ladies.\u201d
\nCut His Suspenders<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A departed cowboy.
\nCut Of His Jib<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The form of his profile. \u201cI knew him by the cut of his jib.\u201d
\nCutting Horse<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A horse with the ability to cut cows out of a herd.
\nCut Up\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 To criticize with severity; as, \u201che was severely cut up in the newspapers.\u201d
\nCut Up Shines<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To cut capers, play tricks.
\nCut Stick\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 To be off, to leave immediately and quickly.
\nCutter<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A one horse sleigh.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”D” tab_id=”1637083249132-5416bde2-448e”][vc_column_text]Dab Or Dabster<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 One who is expert in anything, a proficient.
\nDaisy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Good; excellent.
\nDander<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Passion, emotion, anger. \u201cHer eyes blazed giving evidence to how he quickly he could get her dander up.\u201d
\nDang<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Euphemism for damn.
\nDangler<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An express train.
\nDash<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Euphemism for damn.
\nDead-Alive<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Dull, inactive, moping.
\nDead As A Door Nail<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Utterly, completely dead.
\nDeadening<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 When new areas were settled in the west, \u201cclearings\u201d were made by cutting down the trees. Others were \u201cgirdled,\u201d or When the majority of trees are deadened, the clearing was called a deadening.
\nDead Man\u2019s Hand \u2013\u00a0<\/b>A poker hand consisting of a pair of aces and a pair of eights. Traditionally, Wild Bill Hickok was holding this hand when he was shot dead by Jack McCall. Some sources dispute the hand, saying that it really contained two jacks, not aces and two eights.
\nDead Meat<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A corpse.
\nDeadshot<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Strong liquor.
\nDeath On<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Very fond of or very talented at. He made a \u201cdeath on\u201d speech at last night\u2019s meeting.
\nDeef\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Deaf.
\nDemijohn<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A glass vessel or bottle, with a large body and small neck, protected and strengthened by a covering of wicker-work.
\nDesert Canary<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A burro.
\nDeuce<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A euphemism for devil.
\nDevil<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An expletive, expressing wonder or vexation, sometimes used as a term for mischief.
\nDevilish<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Atrocious, enormous, excessively, exceedingly
\nDevil\u2019s Addition<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Red Light District.
\nDeviltry<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Mischief, devilry.
\nDice House<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Bunkhouse.
\nDickens<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Euphemism for devil, overmuch, a lot \u2013 a word most often used in explanations of confusion or pain; \u201cthe dickens you say,\u201d or \u201cit hurt like the dickens.\u201d
\nDicker<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Barter, trade.
\nDidn\u2019t Have a Tail Feather Left<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Broke
\nDie-up<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The deaths of several cattle from exposure, disease, starvation, or other widespread catastrophe.
\nDifficulted<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Perplexed.
\nDiggers<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Spurs.
\nDiggings<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 One\u2019s home, lodgings, or community.\u00a0 Also commonly referred to prospector\u2019s mining claims.
\nDilly-Dally<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To delay.
\nDing<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Beat, bang, used tedious repetition, as, \u201cWhy do you keep dinging that in my ears?\u201d
\nDing or Dinged<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Excessively, very. \u201cIt is so ding hot out here.\u201d
\nDipping<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Chewing snuff.
\nDip Snuff<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A manner of using tobacco, generally by wetting a small stick and dipping it into snuff (tobacco) and placing in the mouth. Sometimes tied in a small bag to chew it.
\nDirectly<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Soon. \u201cShe\u2019ll be down, directly.\u201d
\nDirk<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A dagger, dirking would refer to stabbing with a dagger.
\nDinero<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 From the Spanish, a word for money.
\nDish<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To ruin, to frustrate. \u201cHe dished us too.\u201d
\nDisremember<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Forget or choose to forget.
\nDitched<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Arrested.
\nDitty<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A which-i-ma-call-it.
\nDive<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Bunkhouse.
\nDocity<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Quick comprehension, usually used in a negative way. \u201cHe has no docity.\u201d
\nDoctor<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The cook on board a ship, so called by seamen.
\nDog Cheap<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Anything exceedingly cheap.
\nDoggery<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A cheap saloon.
\nDoggie<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An orphaned calf or small calf; by extension, any cattle.
\nDog House<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Bunkhouse.
\nDogs<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To go to the dogs. destruction, ruined, destroyed. \u201cShe has let that house go to the dogs.\u201d
\nDog Soldiers<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Part of the warrior society of some plains Indian tribes.
\nDoings<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Cooked food, also called fixins.
\nDone Brown<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Thoroughly, effectually cheated or bamboozled.
\nDone Up<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Ruined by gambling or extravagance
\nDon\u2019t Care a Continental<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Don\u2019t give a damn.
\nDon\u2019t Get Your Dander Up<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Anxious; excited.
\nDough Belly<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The cook.
\nDough Boxer<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A chuck wagon cook, or\u00a0 a cowboy cook
\nDoughgods<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Biscuits.
\nDough Boxer<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The camp cook.
\nDough Puncher<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The camp cook.
\nDough Wrangler<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 the Camp cook, also called \u201cDough Puncher.\u201d
\nDouse-the-Lights<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 \u00a0Lights out. Time to hit the hay.
\nDowd<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A woman\u2019s night-cap.
\nDown In The Mouth<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Dispirited, dejected, disheartened
\nDown to the Blanket<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Almost broke.
\nDoxology Works<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A church
\nDraft \u2013\u00a0<\/b>A large horse used for pulling farm equipment or wagons..
\nDrabble<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To make dirty by dragging in dirt and water, to wet and befoul, as, to drabble a gown or cloak.
\nDragged Out<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Fatigued, exhausted, worn out.
\nDram Shop<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A small drinking establishment, used in the early 19th century.
\nDrat or Dratted<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A good-humored oath meaning very, exceedingly.
\nDraw<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Drawing your gun \u201cborder style\u201d consisted of pulling your pistol, worn backward in the holster, by putting your arm across the front of your body. This fancy stuff was popular down around the Mexican border.
\nDraw Cuts<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A common way of deciding by lots, by drawing paper or straws.
\nDreadful<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Very, a lot, exceedingly.\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019s just got a dreadful amount of money.\u201d
\nDreambook<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A small packet of papers used to roll cigarettes. Also called a \u201cprayer book\u201d or a \u201cbible.\u201d
\nDriving the Nail<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0 A sport consisting of attempts to drive a nail into a post with rifle or pistol fire.
\nDroger<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Lumber droger, cotton droger, etc. A vessel built solely for burden, for transporting cotton, lumber, and other heavy articles.
\nDrumming<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Soliciting of customers in a retail establishment, such as \u201ccan I help you find something?\u201d
\nDry Gulch<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To ambush someone, especially when the ambusher hides in a gully or gulch near a road and jumps the passersby.
\nDucky<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0 Used in early century as term of endearment.
\nDude<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Commonly, the term applied to an Easterner, or anyone in up-scale town clothes, rather than plain range-riding or work clothes. However, the term began as an insult, as cowboys first used the word to mean a pimple or boil on someone\u2019s backside, caused by riding in the saddle all day when one wasn\u2019t used to it. Hence, the cowboys called those \u201cwanna-be\u201d wrangers \u201cdudes.\u201d
\nDug-Out<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A canoe or boat, hewn or dug out of a large log.
\nDull Music<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A term applied to anything tedious.
\nDump<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Jail or boarding house.
\nDumpish<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Sad, melancholy
\nDun<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To dun is to urge for payment, to demand a debt in a pressing manner
\nDunderhead<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Blockhead, dolt.
\nDusted<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Thrown from a horse.
\nDutch Oven<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A cast iron cooking pot.\u00a0 Hot coals are placed under and over the pot, creating an outdoor oven.
\nDynamite<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Whiskey.
\nDyed In The Wool<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Ingrained, thorough.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”E” tab_id=”1637083250442-d4afdb8c-43e2″][vc_column_text]Eagle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A gold ten dollar coin.
\nEars<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To be by the ears, denotes being in a quarrel or fight.
\nEatin Irons<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Silverware.
\nE\u2019en A\u2019most<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Almost.
\nel<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The who
\nElephant<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Short for \u2018to see the elephant\u2019; to go to town, or to see the world, usually for the first time.
\nEqualizer<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A pistol.
\nEucher, euchered<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To out-smart someone, to be outwitted or suckered into something.
\nEventuate<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To issue, come to an end, close, terminate.
\nExcuse-me-ma\u2019am<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A bump in the road.
\nExfluncticate<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To utterly destroy.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”F” tab_id=”1637083251468-7bda21b4-b62c”][vc_column_text]Fag<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 In cowboy talk, to get out fast.
\nFagged Out<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Fatigued, worn out.
\nFair to Middlin\u2019<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Feeling pretty good.
\nFair Shake<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A fair trade, a satisfactory bargain or exchange.
\nFalutin<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 See High-Falutin
\nFamily Disturbance<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Whiskey
\nFandango<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 From the Spanish, a big party with lots of dancing and excitement.
\nFaro<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A card game that took its name from\u00a0faroon<\/i>, a derivative of\u00a0pharaon<\/i>\u00a0(pharoah.) The Pharoah was the king of hearts in a regular deck of cards. Players bet on the order in which cards would be drawn from a box.
\nFat In The Fire<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To have one\u2019s plans frustrated. \u201cIf I don\u2019t get this job completed, the fat\u2019s going to be in the fire.\u201d
\nFeeze<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To be in a feeze is to be in a state of excitement.
\nFeller<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Fellow. \u201cThat big feller over there is the sheriff.\u201d
\nFetch<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Bring, give. \u201cFetch me that hammer.\u201d \u201cHe fetched him a punch in the nose.\u201d
\nFetch Up<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Stop suddenly.
\nFice<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A worthless dog, mongrel. Also referred to as fiste and tyst.
\nFid Of Tobacco<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A chew, or quid of tobacco.
\nFiddle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A horse\u2019s head.
\nFiddle Faddle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Trifling discourse, nonsense
\nFight like Kilkenny Cats<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Fight like hell.
\nFill a Blanket<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Roll a cigarette.
\nFind One\u2019s Self<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To provide for one\u2019s self through labor and wages.
\nFine as cream gravy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Very good, top notch.
\nFinefied<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Made fine, dandified.
\nFinical<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Nice, foppish, pretending to superfluous elegance.\u2013Johnson.
\nFire-New<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Brand new.
\nFirewater\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Liquor
\nFirst-Swathe<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 First quality.
\nFish<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A cowboy\u2019s rain slicker, from a rain gear manufacturer whose trademark was a fish logo. \u201cWe told him it looked like rain, but left his fish in the wagon anyhow.\u201d
\nFish or Cut Bait<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Do it or quit talking about it.
\nFit\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Often used instead of \u201cfought.\u201d
\nFit<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A short return after intermission, a turn, a period or interval. \u201cI almost lost my crops after that fit of cold weather.\u201d
\nFits And Starts<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 At short and sudden intervals interruptedly.
\nFive Beans in the Wheel<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Five cartridges in the six chambers of a rvolver. Westerners often left the chamber under the hammer empty for safety reason.
\nFix<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A condition, predicament, dilemma.
\nFix One\u2019s Flint<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To settle, to do for, to dish.
\nFixin\u2019<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Intending. \u201cI\u2019m fixin\u2019 to get supper started.\u201d
\nFixings or Fixins\u2019<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Cooked food, also called \u201cDoings.\u201d Arrangements, embellishments, trimmings, garnishings.The term was also used for the tobacco and paper needed to roll cigarettes.
\nFix One\u2019s Flint\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 To settle a matter.
\nFlack<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Sales talk, advertising, exaggeration.
\nFlannel Mouth<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An overly smooth or fancy talker, especially politicians or salesmen. \u201cI swear that man is a flannel-mouthed liar.\u201d
\nFlap-Jack<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A fried cake, pancake, fritter.
\nFlat<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A foolish fellow, a simpleton. Also refers to a flat-bottomed boat.
\nFlats<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Low lands, valley
\nFlat Out<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To collapse, to prove a failure.
\nFlea-Trap<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Cowboy\u2019s bedroll.
\nFlinders<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Shreds, splinters, broken pieces
\nFling<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A sneer or contemptuous remark
\nFlitter<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A corruption of the word fritter, a pancake.
\nFlummux<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Perplex, embarrass, put to a stand.
\nFlunk Out<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To retire through fear, to back out.
\nFlusteration\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Heat, hurry, confusion
\nFob Off<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To delude by a trick.
\nFogy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A stupid fellow, as, \u201cHe is an old fogy.\u201d
\nFolded Up<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A horse bucking.
\nFore-Handed<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To be in good circumstances, to be comfortably off.
\nFork a Hoss<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To ride a horse.
\nFornent<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Opposite to.
\nForted In<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Intrenched in a fort.
\nForty Rod<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Liquor.
\nFour-flusher<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A cheat, swindler, liar.
\nFox Boots<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To fox boots is to repair them by adding new soles or leather.
\nFree-Soilers<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 People opposed to the extension of slavery. The name came from the Free-Soil Party, which existed from 1848 to 1854.
\nFrench Leave<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To depart without taking leave, to run away.
\nFrench Pox<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Syphilis.
\nFreshet<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A flood or overflowing of a river due to heavy rains or melted snow.
\nFrolic<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A celebration, party or a wild time. Also sometimes used to instead of \u201cfight.\u201d
\nFrump<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To mock, to insult.
\nFuddled<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Tipsy, drunk.
\nFudge<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An expression of contempt, usually bestowed on absurd or talking idlers.
\nFuffy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Light, puffy, soft.
\nFull as a Tick<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Very drunk.
\nFull Chisel or Full Drive\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 At full speed, executed with everything you\u2019ve got.
\nFull-Rigged<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A saddle that is completely leather-covered.
\nFull Split<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 With the greatest violence and impetuosity
\nFunkify<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To frighten, to alarm.
\nFuss<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Disturbance. \u201cThey had a little fuss at the saloon.\u201d
\nFussed Dark<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Twilight[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”G” tab_id=”1637083252256-483e3612-ca6f”][vc_column_text]Gad \u2013\u00a0<\/b>Spur.
\nGadabout<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 One who walks about without business
\nGaff\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 To spur a horse.
\nGal-Boy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A romping girl or tomboy.
\nGallnipper<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A large mosquito.
\nGallowses<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Suspenders, braces.
\nGalvanized Yankees<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Former Confederate soldiers who served in the U.S. Army in the West following the Civil War.
\nGame Leg<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A lame leg.
\nGammon<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Humbug, deceit, lies.
\nGat<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A gate or passage.
\nGay Cat<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 One who cases banks and towns for future jobs
\nGee<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A term used by teamsters to their horses and oxen, when they wish them to go faster. \u201cTo Gee\u201d means to agree.
\nGelding<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A castrated male horse
\nGeneral Treat<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A general treat is a treat of a glass of liquor bought by one person in a tavern to the whole company present. Buying a round of drinks.
\nGerrymandering<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To arrange the political divisions, so that in an election, one party may obtain an advantage over its opponent, even though the latter may possess a majority of the votes in the State.
\nGet a Wiggle On<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Hurry.
\nGet Gaited<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Get going in a hurry. Gait refers to the rate a horse moves, which is far faster, so \u201cget going.\u201d
\nGet it in the Neck<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Get cheated, misled, bamboozled.
\nGet my\/your back up<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To get angry. \u201cDon\u2019t get your back up, he was only joking.\u201d
\nGet Shed of\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Get rid of.
\nGet the Mitten<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 To be rejected by a lover. \u201cLooks like Blossom gave poor Buck the mitten.\u201d
\nGet The Wrong Pig By The Tail<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To make a mistake in selecting a person for any purpose. \u201cI got the wrong pig by the tail in debating with that particular man.\u201d
\nG\u2019hal<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A rowdy girl, reveler or ruffian girl.
\nGig<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Spur a horse.
\nGinnin\u2019 About<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Moving around fast.
\nGirls of the Line<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Prostitutes.
\nGitty-up<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Go, Move. A term used to get the horse to start moving.
\nGive Him Jessy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To give a flogging.
\nGive the Mitten<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 When a lady turns down a man\u2019s proposal or discards him.
\nGlut<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A wooden wedge.
\nThe Go<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The mode, the fashion. \u201cThis is all the go.\u201d\u2019
\nGo It Strong<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To perform an act with vigor or without scruple.
\nGoat Meat<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Venison killed out of season.
\nGo Boil Your Shirt<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Take a hike, get lost, bug off.
\nGo Heeled<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To carry a six-shooter, also \u201cpacking iron.\u201d
\nGoings On<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Behavior, actions, conduct.
\nGone Coon<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A goner, past recover, a lost man. Also called a gone sucker and a Gone Goose.
\nGone Goslin<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Done for, doomed.
\nGone Up the Flume<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Yield, lost, dead.
\nGoney<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A stupid fellow.
\nGospel Mill<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A church.
\nGospel Sharp<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A preacher.
\nGotham<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 New York City.
\nGo the Big Figure or Whole Figure<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To go to the fullest extent in the attainment of any object, do things on a large scale.
\nGot the Bulge<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Have the advantage. \u201cWe\u2019ll get the bulge on him, and take his gun away.\u201d
\nGo the Whole Hog<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Out and out in favor of anything. A softened form of the phrase is to go the entire animal.
\nGo Through The Mill<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A metaphor alluding to grain which has been through the mill.
\nGrab a Root<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Eat a meal, especially a potato.
\nGrab the Apple<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Taking hold of the saddle horn to avoid falling off. Also called \u201cgrab the nubbin.\u201d In either case, this was not something a self-respecting cowboy wanted to be caught doing.
\nGrail<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Small particles of any kind.
\nGranger<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A derogatory term for farmer.
\nGrassed<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To be thrown from a horse.
\nGrass Widow<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A divorcee.
\nGreatle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A great while.
\nGreased Lightning<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Anything very fast.
\nGreasy Belly<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The camp cook.
\nGreenhorn<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An easterner innocent of cowboy ways. Also referred to as greeners, green peas, and tenderfoots.
\nGreens<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Leaves and green vegetables used for food.
\nGringo<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A derogatory word for Anglos. One source claims it comes from a shortening of the title of a popular song during the Mexican War: \u201cGreen Grow the Lilacs.\u201d
\nGrist<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A quantity or bunch. \u201cThere\u2019s been a mighty grist of rain lately.\u201d
\nGritty<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Courageous, spirited.
\nGrocery<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A bar or saloon.
\nGrog<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To seamen, gin and water, or any spirit and water.
\nGroggery<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A bar or saloon.
\nGrowlers<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Buckets, cans, or pitchers carried by apprentices or children to the saloon to be filled with beer and returned to the workplace during the day. They were called \u201cgrowlers\u201d because of the grating noise when slid across the bar. Fetching the beer from the saloon in a growler was called\u00a0rushing the growler<\/i>, working the\u00a0growler<\/i>, or\u00a0chasing the can<\/i>.
\nGrub Pile<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Referring to a meal or to the chuckwagon.
\nGrub Slinger<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The cook; also referred to as grub spoiler or grubworm.
\nGrubstake<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To provide the materials a prospector needs, including food and money, in return for a percentage of any claim that the prospector might find.
\nGrum<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Surly; gloomy; glum.
\nGrunter<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A hog.
\nG.T.T<\/b>. \u2013 Gone To Texas. A common expression in use following the Civil War. People would find the letters G.T.T. carved into their doors, left by a kin. Many outlaws went to Texas.
\nGull<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A cheat, fraud or trick. Also, refers to a stupid animal or person, one easily cheated.
\nGully Washer\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 A hard rain.
\nGummy! \u2013\u00a0<\/b>An exclamation.
\nGump<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A foolish person, a dolt.
\nGuttersnipe<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A homeless child who roamed and slept in the streets.
\nGut Hooks<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Spurs, also called gut lancers.
\nGut Line<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Rawhide rope.
\nGut Warmer\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Whiskey.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”H” tab_id=”1637083257575-f4dbb4a7-2bc5″][vc_column_text]Hack<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A hackney coach.
\nHaint<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Have not.
\nHair Case<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Hat.
\nHair in the Butter<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A delicate situation.
\nHair Pants<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Chaps made from a hair-covered hide.
\nHalf Seas Over<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A sailor\u2019s expression for intoxicated, drunk.
\nHalloo or Hallow<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Shout, hoot, to cry out loudly.
\nHammer And Tongs<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 In a noisy, furious manner. \u201cThey went at it hammer and tongs.\u201d
\nHand And Glove<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Intimate, familiar, closely united as a hand and its glove.
\nHand Runnin\u2019<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Consecutively.
\nHanger-On<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A dependant, one who eats and drinks without payment.
\nHang Fire<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Delay.
\nHang Up One\u2019s Fiddle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To give up. The opposite would be to \u201chang on to one\u2019s fiddle.\u201d
\nHanker or Hankering<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To have an incessant wish, strong desire, longing.
\nHappifying<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Making happy.
\nHard Case<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Worthless, bad, unpleasant, \u2013 often referring to a person.
\nHardfisted<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Covetous, close-handed, miserly.
\nHard Money<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A common term for silver and gold, rather than paper money.
\nHard Pushed or Hard Run<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Hard pressed, to be in a difficulty, short of cash.
\nHard Row To Hoe<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A metaphor derived from hoeing corn, meaning a difficult matter or job to accomplish.
\nHarum-Scarum<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A negative term applied to flighty persons or persons always in a hurry.
\nHash\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 To settle one\u2019s business.
\nHave a Mind To<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To have a notion, to be willing.
\nHay Baler<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A horse, also called hay burner.
\nHay Seed<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Deragatory term for a farmer, also called hay shaker.
\nHaze<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To haze round, is to go rioting about.
\nHead-Cheese<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The ears and feet of swine cut up fine, boiled, and pressed into the form of a cheese.
\nHeap<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A lot, many, a great deal. \u201cHe went through a heap of trouble to get her that piano.\u201d Also refers to a crowd, a throng, a rabble.
\nHearn<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Heard.
\nHear Tell<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To hear a report of, to hear of.
\nHearty As A Buck<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Very well, healthy, hearty. A hunter\u2019s phrase.
\nHeave In Sight<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To come in sight, to appear. A nautical phrase that originated with approaching vessels which appeared to raise or heave itself above the horizon.
\nHeeled<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To be armed with a gun. \u201cHe wanted to fight me, but I told him I was not heeled.\u201d
\nHeft<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Weight, ponderousness.
\nHellabaloo<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Riotous noise, confusion.
\nHell-fired<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Very, great, immensely; used for emphasis. He is just too hell-fired lazy to get any work done around here. Also \u201call-fired\u201d and \u201cjo-fired.\u201d
\nHell Rousers<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Spurs.
\nHelter-Skelter<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 In a hurry, without order, tumultuously.
\nHemp<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Cowboy talk for rope; in verb form to hang someone. Hemp fever was a morbidly jocular term for a hanging. Hemp party (also string party) meant the same. A hemp committee was a group of vigilantes or a lynch mob (depending on your point of view) and a hemp necktie was the rope they did the deed with. Coined because cowboys used ropes made of Manila hem.
\nHen Skins<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A cowboy\u2019s bedroll
\nHere\u2019s how!<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A toast, such as Here\u2019s to your health.
\nHern<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Hers.
\nHide<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To beat, spank. \u201cWhen I was a boy, I got plenty of hidings.
\nHifer<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Loiter.
\nHiggle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To chaffer, bargain, haggle.
\nHiggledy-Piggledy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 In confusion.
\nHigh Binder\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 A dangerous and vicious man or horse.
\nHigh-Falutin<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Highbrow, fancy, self-important, pompous. The origin is the Dutch word verlooten, meaning stilted.
\nHigh-Grader<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 In the mining camps of the Old West, a high-grader was a man who stole any big nuggets which he saw in the sluice boxes.
\nHigh Tail<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To leave or ride off quickly.
\nHill of Beans<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Slang for something of trifling value, as in \u201cit ain\u2019t worth a hill of beans.\u201d
\nHindsite First<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Backwards.
\nHisn<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 His or his own.
\nHitch<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A difficulty, an impediment.
\nTo Hitch<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To agree, to get along amicably.
\nHitched<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Got married.
\nHitch in the Giddy-up<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Not feeling well, as in: \u201cI\u2019ve had a hitch in my giddy-up the last couple days.\u201d
\nHither And Yon<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Here and there.
\nHit pay dirt<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Mining term. To find something of value.
\nHits the Flat<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Go out on the prairie.
\nHobble your lip<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Shut up.
\nHog at the Trough<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Superior, outstanding, a leader
\nHohokams<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Means \u201cvanished ones\u201d in the Pima Indian language. The Hohokam Indians most likely became the Pima and Papago tribes.
\nHo<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A word used by teamsters to stop their teams.
\nHobble<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A scrape, a state of perplexity
\nHo Down<\/b>\u2013 A party or celebration
\nHog-Killin Time<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 This a \u201cwhat I mean\u201d very good time!
\nHog-Wallow<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 On some of the Western prairies, the ground has every appearance of having been rooted or torn up by hogs, when it is very rough, hence the name
\nHog Ranch<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A brothel and saloon that was often located near a military fort.
\nHoity-Toity<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An exclamation denoting surprise or disapprobation, with some degree of contempt.
\nHold a Candle to<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Measure up, compare to.
\nHold Your Horses\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Stay calm. \u201cHold your horses, we\u2019re on our way.\u201d
\nHold Up<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 In referring to weather, it means to clear up, stop raining, etc.
\nHollow<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 All hollow. Completely, wholly. \u201cHe beat him all hollow.
\nHolt<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Hold. \u201cDeath has got holt of him.\u201d
\nHoney-Fogle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To swindle, cheat, lay plans to deceive.
\nHook<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To steal.
\nBy Hook Or By Crook<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 One way or other, by any expedient. \u201cIt can\u2019t be done by hook or crook.\u201d
\nHooks<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Spurs.
\nHookshop<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A brothel.
\nHoney-fuggled<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To cheat, to pull the wool over one\u2019s eyes.
\nHoosegow<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Jail, from the Spanish\u00a0juzgado<\/i>, meaning courthouse.
\nHooter<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A bit or a tiny amount.
\nHop<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A dance.
\nHopped for Mama<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A horse bucking.
\nHorn<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A glass of liquor, ale or beer.
\nHornswoggle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To cheat or trick, to pull the wool over one\u2019s eyes.
\nHorse Thief Special<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A raisn and boiled rice dish.
\nHorse Feathers<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Ridiculous.
\nHorse Wrangler<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Horse herder.
\nHoss<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A horse.
\nHot Horse<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A nervous or excitable horse.
\nHot as a Whorehouse on Nickel Night<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Damned hot.
\nHot Rock<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Biscuit.
\nHot Roll<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Bedroll.
\nHuckleberry<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 As in \u201cI\u2019m your huckleberry\u201d means \u201cI\u2019m just the man you\u2019re looking for\u201d or \u201cI\u2019m just the man for the job.\u201d
\nHuckleberry Above a Persimmon<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A cut above.
\nHum<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Home.
\nHumbug<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A deception, hoax, imposter.
\nHounds \u2013\u00a0<\/b>Rowdies of the gold-rush days of San Francisco.
\nHull<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Saddle.
\nHurricane Deck<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The saddle of a bucking horse.
\nHusking Bee<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A social event in which the community came together to husk corn and to drink. Also called a \u201chusking frolic.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”I” tab_id=”I”][vc_column_text]I Dad!<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An exclamation used in the Western States.
\nIlly<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Ill, sick.
\nIndian Broke\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 A horse trained to be mounted from the right side. Cowboys mounted from the left side.
\nIndian Giver<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 When an Indian gives anything, he expects an equivalent in return, or that the same thing may be given back to him. This applies when someone who, after having given away a thing, wishes to have it back again.
\nIndian Side<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The right side of a horse.
\nIndian Whiskey<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Cheap, adulterated liquor. Also called Indian Liquor.
\nIn For It<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Engaged in a thing from which there is no retreating.
\nIn Liquor<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Intoxicated, drunk.
\nIron<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Short for branding iron or six-gun.
\nIron Horse<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A Railroad train.
\nIs that a bluff, or do you mean it for real play?<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Are you serious?[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”J” tab_id=”1637083260150-ab2dc199-ca08″][vc_column_text]Jackeroo<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A cowboy, also called buckaroo.
\nJack of Diamonds<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Rye whiskey.
\nJag<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A small load.
\nTo Jaw<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To scold, to clamor, to abuse grossly.
\nJawing<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Talking. \u201cWe sat around the campfire just jawing.\u201d
\nJerked Meat<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Beef and other kinds of fresh meat dried in the open air without salt.
\nJig is Up<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Scheme\/game is over, exposed.
\nJingled<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Drunk
\nJingler<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A person who talks in rhyme or\u00a0in a catchy repetitious manner, or someone who drinks alot.
\nJiminy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 By Jiminy! An exclamation.
\nJimmying a bull<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Shooting a law officer.
\nJo-fired<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Very, great, immensely; used for emphasis. He is just too jo-fired lazy to get any work done around here. Also \u201call-fired\u201d and \u201chell-fired.\u201d
\nJohn B<\/b>. \u2013 A cowboy hat, after hat maker John B. Stetson.
\nJohn Barleycorn<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Beer
\nJohnny<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A Chinaman, also sometime just \u201cJohn.\u201d
\nJollification<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A scene of festivity or merriment. Used only in familiar language.
\nJonathan<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The American people. Also known as Brother Jonathan or Uncle Sam. Sometimes used to refer to a Yankee.
\nJoy Juice<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Whiskey.
\nJudus Steer<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Part of the cowboy\u2019s job during the drive was to identify the Judas steer. Once at the end of the trail, the Judas could simply lead the other cattle to slaughter with no hassle. If a particularly good Judas was found, he was spared the meat hook and used again.
\nJump the Broom<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Get married.
\nJuniper<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Derogatory term for an easterner or novice cowhand.
\nJustins<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Cowboy boots.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”K” tab_id=”1637083261817-b380fa14-c0db”][vc_column_text]Kansas Sheep Dip \u2013\u00a0<\/b>Whiskey
\nKedge<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Brisk, in good health and spirits. \u201cI am feeling pretty kedge today.\u201d
\nKeep<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Storage for food, subsistence, keeping. \u201cThe milk is in the keep.\u201d
\nKeep Company<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To court.
\nKeeping-Room<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A common sitting-room or parlor.
\nKeep That Dry<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Keep it secret.
\nKeep The Pot A Boiling<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Keep it going.
\nKettled<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A horse bucking.
\nKick<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To protest or to object to something; to complain.
\nKick Up a Row<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Create a disturbance.
\nKidney Pad<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Eastern Saddle.
\nKitchen Safe<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Cupboard
\nKnee-high to a\u2026<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Humorous description of short stature or youth. \u201cHe ain\u2019t knee-high to a lamb.\u201d
\nKnob<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Round hills or knolls.
\nKnobs<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Spurs
\nKnock Galley West<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Beat senseless.
\nKnocked Into A Cocked Hat<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Knocked out of shape, spoiled, ruined, fouled up.
\nKnock Round<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To go about.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”L” tab_id=”1637083262915-8affb0ae-1632″][vc_column_text]Lacing<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A beating. He took a lacing at the hands of the bully.
\nLadies of the Line<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Prostitutes.
\nLag<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Prisoner, convict.
\nLagger<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Sailor
\nTo Lam<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To beat soundly.
\nLambasting<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A beating, a thrashing.
\nLammy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A blanket.
\nLanded<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 When a person has amassed a fortune large enough to keep him for the rest of his life.
\nLand-Loper or Land-Lubber<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A vagrant, one who strolls about the country
\nLands Sakes! \u2013\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0A more socially acceptable alternative for \u201cLord\u2019s sake.\u201d
\nLapper \u2013\u00a0<\/b>A hard drinker.
\nTo Lass<\/b>\u00a0-Catch with a lasso, lariat or reata.
\nLasso<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A long rope or cord, with a noose, for the purpose of catching wild horses or buffaloes on the Western prairies.
\nLatchpan<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Lower lip
\nTo Lather<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To beat.
\nLathy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Thin, slender like a lath.
\nLatish<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Rather late.
\nLatty or Letty<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A bed.
\nLaudanum<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Not exactly slang, but what is it? Often utilized by the \u201cpainted ladies\u201d in the west, laudanum was opium mixed with liquor.
\nLay<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Price, terms, salary. \u201cHe bought a large herd of cattle at a good lay. Also used to describe a cowboy\u2019s bed.
\nLead Plumb<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A bullet.
\nLead Poisoning<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Shot. \u201cHe died of lead poisoning.\u201d
\nLead Plumb<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A bullet.
\nLead Pusher<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A gun.
\nLeafless Tree<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Gallows.
\nLeap the Book<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An illegal or false marriage.
\nLeather-necks<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Soldiers
\nLeg Bail<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To give leg bail, is to run away.
\nLeft-handed Wife<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Mistress.
\nLeggins<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 South Texas term for chaps.
\nLet Drive<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To let fly, to let slip. To discharge, let loose a blow with the fist, a stone, a bullet from a gun, etc.
\nLet Her Rip<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Let it go.
\nLet On<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To mention, disclose, betray a knowledge.
\nLet Out<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To begin a story or narrative.
\nLet Up<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To let up is to release, a relief. \u201cThank Goodness, the rain finally let up.\u201d
\nLick<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Molasses.
\nLick<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A blow.
\nLick or Salt Lick<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A place where wild animals lick for salt \u2014 usually a salt spring.
\nLickety Split<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Headlong, at full speed.
\nTo Lick<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To beat.
\nLickfinger<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To kiss ass. Also called \u201click-spittle.\u201d
\nLicking<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A flogging, a beating.
\nLickspittle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A mean parasite, one who will stoop to any dirty work
\nLief or Lieve<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Willingly, gladly.
\nLike Bricks<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Quickly, with energy.
\nLife Preserver\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 A gun.
\nLight (or lighting) a shuck<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To get the hell out of here in a hurry. \u201cI\u2019m lightin\u2019 a shuck for California.\u201d
\nLight On<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To fall on, to come to by chance, to happen to find.
\nLights or Top Lights<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Eyes.
\nLike a Thoroughbred<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Like a gentleman.
\nLike lickin\u2019 butter off a knife<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Something that is easy; not hard.
\nLincoln Skins<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Greenbacks.
\nLine Camp<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Crude shacks or camps on the outermost boundaries of a ranch.
\nLine Rider<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Cowboys the guarded the ranch boundaries. Also called outriders.
\nLining the Flue<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Eating.
\nLily Liver \u2013\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Someone who is a coward.
\nLimsy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Weak, flexible.
\nLincoln Skins<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Greenbacks.
\nLinsey Woolsey<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A corruption of linen and wool. Material made of linen and wool mixed, light or coarse stuff. \u201cHe gave them coats of linsey woolsey, which were good and warm for winter, and good and light for summer.
\nLittle End of the Horn<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To come away from a situation at a disadvantage. The same as \u201cshort end of the stick.
\nLizzy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Saddle horn.
\nLlano Estacado<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The dry, treeless plains of Texas and New Mexico, also called the \u201cStaked Plains.\u201d
\nLoaded for Bears \u2013\u00a0<\/b>Lightly intoxicated.
\nLoaded to the Gunwhales<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Full out drunk.
\nLoblolly<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Mud hole.
\nLoco \u2013<\/b>\u00a0Crazy.
\nLogy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Slow-moving, dull, awkward.
\nLoller<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Live, sportive damsel.
\nLone Star<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An independent cowboy.
\nLong And Short<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The end, the result, the upshot. \u201cThat\u2019s the long and short of the subject.\u201d
\nLongrider\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 An outlaw, someone who usually had to stay in the saddle for an extended period of time while on the run from a crime.
\nLoo\u2019d, looed\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Beaten or defeated.
\nLookin\u2019 at a Mule\u2019s Tail<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Plowing.
\nLookin\u2019 to Die<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Seriously ill.
\nLook-See<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To investigate. \u201cI think I\u2019ll go have a look-see across that hill.\u201d
\nLooseness\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Freedom. \u201cHe spoke with a perfect looseness.\u201d
\nLope<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A leap, a long step.
\nLotion<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A drink.
\nLouse Cage<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Bunkhouse.
\nLove Apples<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Canned tomatoes.
\nLove Lick<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Rough caress.
\nLucky \u2013 Escape, run away. \u201cWe might have got into trouble if we hadn\u2019t made our\u00a0lucky<\/i>.\u201d
\nLunger<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Slang for someone with tuberculosis.
\nLunkhead<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A horse of inferior breed or appearance.
\nLunk-headed<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Idiotic, senseless.
\nLynching Bee<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A hanging
\nLubber\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 A sturdy man, idle, fat, bulky fellow
\nLuddy Mussy!<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Lord have mercy! An exclamation of surprise.
\nLush-crib<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A saloon or tavern.
\nLushington<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A drunk.
\nLynching Bee<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A hanging.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”M” tab_id=”1637083263903-90c04836-a18c”][vc_column_text]Mad as a March Hare<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Very angry.
\nMad as a Hornet<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Very mad.
\nMadder than an Old Wet Hen<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Very angry. \u201cMama woke up madder than an old wet hen.\u201d
\nMade His Jack<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Got what he aimed at.
\nMaggot<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Derogatory term for sheep.
\nMail-Order Cowboy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 This was a derogatory term used to chide tenderfoot, urban \u201ccowboys\u201d who arrived from the East all decked out in fancy but hardly practical Western garb.
\nMay Hay<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To put in disorder, to make confusing.
\nMake Hay While the Sun Shines<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To make the most of the day, or an opportunity.
\nMake a Mash<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Make a hit, impress someone. (Usually a female.) \u201cBuck\u2019s tryin\u2019 to make a mash on that new girl.\u201d
\nMake A Raise<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To raise, procure, obtain.
\nMaking Meat<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 On the Western prairies, cutting into thin slices the boneless parts of the buffalo, or other meat, and drying them in the wind or sun. Meat thus prepared may be preserved for years without salt.
\nMake Tracks<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To leave, to walk away. A figurative expression of Western origin.
\nMakins<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Tobacco and papers used to roll cigarettes.
\nMan-a-hanging<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A man having difficulties.
\nMan At The Pot<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 According to camp etiquette, when a cowboy gets up to refill his cup from the coffee pot hanging over the campfire, if someone shouts, \u201cMan at the pot!\u201d the man at the coffee pot is required to fill everyone\u2019s cup.
\nManner Born, To the<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A natural. \u201cHe\u2019s a horseman to the manner born.\u201d
\nMan for Breakfast \u2013\u00a0<\/b>A murdered body in the streets at dawn. Commonplace in the early days of Los Angeles and Denver. Also used to describe certain saloons when men were killed the night before. \u201cLambert\u2019s only had two men for breakfast.\u201d
\nMan-trap<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Cow dung in the fields, or, a widow.
\nTo Marble<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To move off, be off, go, as, \u201cIf you do that again, you must marble.\u201d
\nMare<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A mature female horse
\nMarinos<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Spurs.
\nMarm<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A corruption of the word madam or ma\u2019am.
\nMarooning<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To go marooning. \u00a0To have a party or picnic.
\nMary\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 An effeminate homosexual.
\nMashed<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 In love.
\nMauks<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Derogatory term for women of the lower class or prostitutes.
\nMauled\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Very drunk.
\nMaverick<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An unbranded calf.
\nMay Can<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 May be able to.
\nMarble Orchard<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Graveyard
\nMealer<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A partial abstainer who drinks liquor only during meals.
\nMean<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Bad quality.
\nMexican Strawberries<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Dried beans.
\nMilestonemonger\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Some who likes to roam, a tramp.
\nMilling<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Fighting.
\nMind, Have a\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 To have a notion, to be willing.
\nTo Mind<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To recollect, remember or to take care of..
\nMissionate<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To act as a missionary.
\nMitten<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 When a gentleman is jilted by a lady, or is discarded by one to whom he has been paying his addresses he is said to have got the mitten.
\nMiss one\u2019s figure<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 to miss a change, to make a mistake.
\nMitten, Get or Give\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Turned down by a lady after proposing.
\nMiss Nancy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A name given to an effeminate man.
\nMizzle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To run away, to abscond.
\nMochilla<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A rectangular leather saddlebag popularized by the Pony Express.
\nMockered<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Dirtied, defiled.
\nMolled<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 In the company of a woman.
\nMolly<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An effeminate young man.<\/b>
\nMolocher<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A cheap hat.
\nMonkey Shines<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Eccentricities, strange actions.
\nTo Monkey<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To play tricks, fool or tamper with, mischievious.
\nMonkey Ward Cowboy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A tenderfoot.
\nMonte<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A gambling game played with dice or cards.
\nMoonshine<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A trifle, nothing.
\nMoonshiny<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Deceptive.
\nMop<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A habitual drunk.
\nMoppy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Drunk or tipsy.
\nMormon Tea<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Liquor.
\nMosey<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To saunter or shuffle along, to be off, to leave, to sneak away.
\nMoss-backs<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Old fogies, men behind the times, slow to learn.
\nMoss Head<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A very old steer.
\nMought<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 For might.
\nMouldy Grubs<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Traveling showmen.
\nMountain Oysters<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Fried or roasted calves\u2019 testicles. Also called Prairie Oysters.
\nTo Mouse<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To go mousing about is to go poking about into holes and corners.<\/b>
\nMouth-bet<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A gambling man who only gives verbal promises to pay.
\nMouthpiece<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A lawyer.
\nMuck Forks<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A low term for hands or fingers. \u201cKeep your\u00a0muck forks<\/i>\u00a0off me!\u201d
\nMuck-out<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To a gambler, to \u201cclean-out\u201d an oppoinent.
\nMucks, Mux<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 to make a muddle or failure of anything. \u201cHe made a regular\u00a0mux<\/i>\u00a0of the whole business.\u201d
\nMuck-snipe<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To gamblers, the one who has been \u201ccleaned out.\u201d
\nMud Pipes<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Any kind of boots or shoes, but mostly applied to riding-boots.
\nMuddy end of the Stick<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Short end of the stick.
\nMud Fence, Ugly as a<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Used to describe someone who was very ugly.
\nMudpipes<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Boots or shoes.
\nMudsill<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Uneducated, working class. Low-life, thoroughly disreputable person.
\nMugwump<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An Indian word meaning captain, leader or notable person.<\/b>
\nMule-ears<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Boots.
\nMule\u2019s Breakfast<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A straw bed.
\nMuleskinner\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 A person who drives and usually rides in a wagon pulled by mules.
\nMuley<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A one-horned or hornless cow.
\nMumper\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 A begger.
\nMusic Root<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Sweet potato.
\nMush-Head<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A stupid, witness fellow.
\nMustard<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To unsettle or disturb cattle.
\nMutton-Puncher<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Derogatory name used by cowboys to describe a sheepherder.
\nMuzzle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Loiter.
\nMysteries<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Sausages, called that because many didn\u2019t know what they were made of
\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”N” tab_id=”1637083264877-6845728c-fc60″][vc_column_text]Nailed to the Counter<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Proven a lie.
\nNairn<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 None
\nNamby-pamby<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Sickly, sentimental, saccharin.
\nNancy or Nancy-boy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An effeminate man.
\nNanny<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A prostitute.
\nNanny<\/b>\u00a0Shop \u2013 Brothel
\nNary<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 None, not, zero
\nNary-One<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Neither.
\nNavy Model<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Colt firearms.
\nNecessary<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Outhouse, water closet; bathroom.
\nNeck Oil\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Whiskey.
\nNecktie Social or Necktie Party<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A hanging or lynching, most often referred to in vigilante hangings.
\nNester<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A squatter who settled on government land, usually to farm.
\nNibbler<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A petty thief.
\nNigh Unto<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Nearly, almost.
\nNight Hawk<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 While the rest of the cowboys slept under the stars on a cattle drive, one unlucky soul who drew the short straw, the \u201cnight hawk\u201d, had to stay up all night standing guard.
\nNippent<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Impudent, impertinent.
\nNipper<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A baby or small child.
\nNobby, Nobbish<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Fine, stylish.
\nNo Count or No Account<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Of no account, worthless. \u00a0\u201cThat no count boy does nothing but get into trouble.\u201d
\nNohow<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Not at all, no way.
\nNo Odds<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 No difference, no consequence, no matter.
\nNose Paint<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Whiskey.
\nNosey Parker<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Someone who is nosey.
\nNot By a Jugful<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 No consideration, on no account, not at all.
\nNotch<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An opening or narrow passage through a mountain or hill.
\nNothing To Nobody<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Nobody\u2019s business.
\nNotions<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A wide range of miscellaneous articles for sale.
\nNubbin<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Saddle horn.
\nNurly<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A corrupt pronunciation of gnarly, i. e. gnarled.
\nNymphs du Prairie<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Prostitutes.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”O” tab_id=”1637083266472-59f30845-40f5″][vc_column_text]Oats<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To feel one\u2019s oats, is to feel one\u2019s importance.
\nOdd Fish or Odd Stick<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A person who is eccentric or odd in his manners. \u201cOl\u2019 Farmer Jones sure is an odd stick.\u201d
\nOff his nut, off his rocker, off his chump<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Weak in the head, crazy, illogical; someone who behaves strangely.
\nOffish<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Distant, reserved, aloof.
\nOff one\u2019s feed<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Unable to eat, having no appetite.
\nOf the First Water<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 First class. \u201cHe\u2019s a gentleman of the first water.\u201d
\nOh-be-joyful<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Liquor, beer, intoxicating spirits. \u201cGive me another snort of that oh-be-joyful.\u201d
\nOld<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Crafty, cunning. If someone tries to take advantage of someone else, who is too cunning to be deceived, he might say \u201cI\u2019m a little too old for you.\u201d
\nOld Betsy or Old Blue<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A gun.
\nOld Country<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A term applied to Great Britain, originally by natives from that country, who had immigrated to the United States.
\nOld Countryman<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A native of England, Scotland, Ireland, or Wales. The term was never applied to persons from the Continent of Europe.
\nOld Dan<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Often used to refer to a trustworthy mule.
\nOld Epharim<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A term that mountain men called both male or female grizzly bears.
\nOld Man<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The ridge found between two sleepers in a feather bed.
\nOld Orchard<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Whiskey.
\nOld Pie<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An expression of admiration or approval.
\nOld Pod<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Old man.
\nOld Rackatee<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A gun.
\nOld Rats<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Equivalent to \u201cone of the boys,\u201d a hearty old fellow.
\nOld Scratch<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The devil.
\nOld Stager<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 One well initiated in anything.
\nOld States<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Back East.
\nOld Tom \u2013\u00a0<\/b>Gin.
\nOld Towse<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Whiskey
\nOldermost<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Oldest. \u201cHe\u2019s the oldermost fellow at the reunion.\u201d
\nOn One\u2019s Own Hook<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 On one\u2019s own account, for himself. \u201cHe is doing business on his own hook.
\nOnplush<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Nonplus.
\nOld Woman<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The cowboy\u2019s cook. Though the cook was often the most popular man on the cattle drive, cooking was still considered to be \u201cwomen work.\u201d
\nOil<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Nitroglycerine. Was often used to open bank vault. Also called \u201csoup.\u201d
\nOne-horse<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Small, limited, inferior. \u201cWell, if that ain\u2019t a one-horse town.\u201d
\nOn or In A Pinch<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 On an emergency.
\nOn the Dead<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Gratis, free.
\nOn the Dodge<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Hiding out somewhere; laying low for a while.
\nOn the half-shell<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Applied to anything prepared and ready for use.
\nOn the Prod<\/b><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Full of piss and vinegar, looking for trouble, spoiling for a fight. Said of both people and critters.
\nOn the Shoot<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Looking for trouble. \u201cLooks like he\u2019s on the shoot, tonight.\u201d
\nOn the Win<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Winning or making money.
\nOof<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Money
\nOpine<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To be of the opinion.
\nOurn<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Ours.
\nOutlaw<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A horse that cannot be tamed to ride.
\nOver Head And Ears<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Completely overwhelmed. \u201cHe was over head and ears in debt.\u201d
\nOut And Out<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Wholly, completely, without reservation.
\nOut-and-outer<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 First-class.
\nOn The Fence<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Neutral or undecided.
\nOut Of Fix or Out of Sorts<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Disarranged, in a state of disorder.
\nOver-Careful<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Very careful.
\nOverland Trout<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Bacon.
\nOwdacious<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Audacious.
\nOwl Hoot<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An outlaw
\nOwl Hoot Trail<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The outlaw way of life.
\nOxbows<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Large, old-time wooden stirrups. Also known as oxyokes.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”P” tab_id=”1637083267738-424c8daf-7d1a”][vc_column_text]Pack Iron<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To carry a revolver or \u201cshooting iron.\u201d
\nPaddle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To go or run away.
\nPaint\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 A horse with irregular patches of white. Kin to Indian ponies, they were strong and tough but never grew very big. Also refers to drinking, alluding to the red nose caused by over-indulgence.
\nPainted Cat<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Prostitute.
\nPainted Lady<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A prostitute.
\nPainter<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 In the country a popular name for cougar or panther.
\nPaintin\u2019 His Nose<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Getting drunk.
\nPainting One\u2019s Tonsils<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Drinking alcohol, also referred to as \u2018Painting one\u2019s nose.\u201d
\nPair Of Stairs<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A flight of stairs.
\nPainting the Town Red \u2013\u00a0<\/b>Going out on the town for a fun, sometimes wild, time.
\nPair of Overalls<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Two drinks of whiskey.
\nPal on<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 to associate.
\nPancake<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A derogatory term for a small English saddle.
\nPan Out<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To pay well, prove profitable.
\nParade Chaps<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A pair of chaps strictly for show. Might be worn for the grand entry parade at a rodeo.
\nPass in one\u2019s chips<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To die.
\nPeacemaker<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A Colt revolver.
\nPeaked<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Thin or sickly in appearance.
\nPecker Pole<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 What a logger called a small tree or sapling.
\nPeck Of Trouble<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Great trouble.
\nPecker<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Appetite.
\nPeckish<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Hungry.
\nPeck<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Eat voraciously
\nPedlar\u2019s Pony<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A walking stick.
\nPecos<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 \u00a0To kill by drowning. (Literally, to throw into the Pecos River.)
\nPecos Strawberries<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Beans.
\nPemican<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Easily carried food substance on the frontier. Formed by pounding the choice parts of the meat very small, dried over a slow fire or in the frost, and put into bags made of the skin of the slain animal, into which a portion of melted fat is then poured.
\nPenny Dreadful<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A slang term for cheap, lurid fictional magazines that incorporated the same kind of literature as the dime novels. Later generations would call them pulp fiction.
\nPennyweighter<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 In the mining camps of the Old West, a pennyweighter was a person who stole very small quantities of gold from the mining operation for whom he worked.
\nPerk<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Lively, brisk, holding up the head
\nPersnickity<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Peculiar, picky.
\nPersuader<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A gun.
\nPertend Up<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Better, more cheerful.
\nPeskily<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Very, extremely, confoundedly. \u201cI\u2019m peskily sorry to hear of your loss.\u201d
\nPetticoat Pensioner<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A man who lives on a prostitute\u2019s earnings. Also called Sunday-man.
\nPicayune<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Used to signify something small or frivolous.
\nPickaninny<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A negro or mulatto infant. Used in the Southern States.
\nPick-Back<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 On the back. Often used when carrying children on the back \u2013 piggyback.
\nPicture<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 One\u2019s face or one\u2019s person.
\nPiddle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Waste time.
\nPiebald<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A Paint horse.
\nPiece of Calico<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A girl or a woman.
\nPiece of Pudding<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A piece of luck, a welcome change.
\nPiece of Thick<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Pressed cake tobacco.
\nPied<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A paint horse.
\nPie Eater<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Country boy, a rustic.
\nPig Sticker<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Knife or bayonet.
\nPig Trail<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Small side road.
\nPike<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A name applied in California to migratory poor whites.
\nPilgrim\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Cowboy term for an easterner or novice cowhand.
\nPill<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A doctor.
\nPilled<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Black-balled.
\nPimping<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Little, petty.
\nPimple<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The cowboy\u2019s name for the very small saddles used by Easterners.
\nPine Top<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Whiskey traded to the Indians in exchange for buffalo robes.
\nPining Away For<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Longing for.
\nPink<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Denotes the finest part, the essence. She is the pink of perfection.
\nPinto<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A paint horse.
\nPirooting<\/b>\u2013 \u00a0Having sexual intercourse.
\nPistareen<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 One-fifth of a dollar, a silver coin, formerly in the United States, of the value of twenty cents.
\nPitch a Fit<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To throw a temper tantrum, get upset.
\nPlain-headed<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A term that expresses that a lady is not good looking.
\nPlaguily<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Vexatiously, horribly. \u201cI am puzzled most plaguily to get words to tell you what I think.\u201d
\nPlank, Plank Down, Plank Up<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To pay in cash.
\nPlaster<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Flatter
\nPlay a Lone Hand<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To do something alone.
\nPlay Second Fiddle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To \u201cplay second fiddle\u201d is to take an inferior part in any project or undertaking.
\nPlay to the Gallery<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To show off. \u201cThat\u2019s just how he is, always has to play to the gallery.\u201d
\nPlayed out<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Exhausted.
\nPlow Chaser\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 A derogatory term for farmer.
\nPlow Handle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A single action pistol was sometime referred to as a plow handle. These were also referred to as \u201cthumbusters,\u201d \u201ccutters,\u201d \u201csmoke poles,\u201d and \u201chawg legs.\u201d
\nTo Plum<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To deceive.
\nPlumb<\/b>, Plum \u2013\u00a0Entirely, completely. \u201cHe\u2019s plumb crazy.\u201d
\nPlummy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Satisfactory or profitable.
\nPlunder<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Personal belongings or baggage. \u201cPack your plunder, Joe, we\u2019re headin\u2019 for San Francisco.\u201d
\nPoke<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A small sack, usually made of leather or rawhide. Also refers to a lazy person, a dawdler. \u201cWhat a slow poke you are.\u201d
\nPoke-Bonnet<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A long, straight bonnet, much worn by Quakers and Methodists.
\nPoker<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Any frightful object, especially in the dark.
\nPokerish<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Frightful, causing fear, especially to children.
\nPokey \u2013\u00a0<\/b>Jail
\nPony Up<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Pay over money. \u201cPony up that account.\u201d Also,\u00a0post the pony<\/i>, i.e. lay down the money.
\nPoppet<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Term of endearment. \u201cCome along, poppet.\u201d
\nPoppy-Cock<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Bosh, nonsense, idle talk.
\nPop Skull<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Whiskey.
\nPop Your Corn<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Say what you have to say, speak out.
\nPorch Percher<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A town loafer.
\nPortage\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 To carry boats or supplies overland between rivers or lakes.
\nPortmantle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A valise.
\nPost the Pony<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Pay up.
\nPot Rustler<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Cook.
\nPot Shot<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An Easy shot.
\nPower<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A large quantity, a great number.
\nPow-Wow<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Native American feasts, dances and public doings.
\nPrairie Coal<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Cowchips.
\nPrairie Dew<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Whiskey.
\nPrairie Oysters<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Fried or roasted calves\u2019 testicles. Also called Mountain Oysters.
\nPrairie Pancakes<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Cowchips.
\nPrairie Tenor<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Coyote.
\nPrairillon<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A small prairie.
\nPrat<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Buttock, behind.
\nPrayer Book\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 A packet of papers used to roll cigarettes. Also called a \u201cdream book\u201d or a \u201cbible.\u201d
\nPray Tell<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Tell me.
\nPredicate<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A proposition or argument.
\nPrehaps<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Perhaps.
\nPriminary<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Predicament, difficulty.
\nProd, On the<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Spoiling for a fight, also referred to as \u201cproddy.\u201d
\nProg<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Food, provisions of any kind.
\nPshal, P\u2019shaw<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An exclamation for nonsense.
\nPucker\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 In a state of irritation or anger.
\nPuddin\u2019 Foot<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An awkward horse.
\nPull in your Horns<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Back off, quit looking for trouble.
\nPull Foot<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To leave in a hurry, walk fast, run.
\nPull the Leg<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To impose upon.
\nPull the Long Bow<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To tell falsehoods, lie.
\nPullin my donkey\u2019s tail<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A much older way of saying \u201care you pullin my leg\u201d
\nPulling a Kite<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Making a face.
\nPulling in the Pieces<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To make money.
\nPunching Doggies<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Cowpunching, driving the cattle to market.
\nPung<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A rude sort of sleigh, or oblong box made of boards and placed on runners, used for drawing loads on snow by horses.
\nPurge<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Beer.
\nPush Your Barrow<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Go away.
\nPut a Spoke in the Wheel<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To foul up or sabotage something.
\nPut on the Nose Bag<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To eat.
\nPut the Licks In<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Run very fast.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Q” tab_id=”1637083268662-2d6f84f1-e30b”][vc_column_text]Queer Fish<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An odd or eccentric person. Also called odd stick and odd fish.
\nQuincy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An indoor toilet.
\nQuirley<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Roll-your-own cigarette.
\nQuirt<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Whip
\nQuid<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A corruption of cud, as, in vulgar language, a quid of tobacco.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”R” tab_id=”1637083269612-03d7354d-b467″][vc_column_text]Raft<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A large quantity.
\nRag Proper<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Dress well.
\nRail It<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To travel by rail-road.
\nRailheads<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Towns with facilities for loading cattle onto trains.
\nRailroad Bible<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A deck of cards. This stemmed from the large number of card sharks working aboard the railroads.
\nRaise<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To make a raise. Meaning to make a haul, to raise the wind.
\nRaise One\u2019s Bristles<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To excite one\u2019s anger.
\nRaise Sand<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Start trouble.
\nRaisin\u2019 Cain<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Loud, noisy boisterous.
\nRake And Scrape<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To collect.
\nRandy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Wanton or lecherous.
\nRanny<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A top cowhand, skilled cowboy.
\nRantankerous<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Contentious, a variation of cantankerous.
\nRappee<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An inferior quality of snuff.
\nRattler<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Freight train
\nRattled<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To become nervous, worried, uneasy.
\nRattling<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Jolly, excellent, smart
\nRattle Your Hocks<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Hurry up, get a move on.
\nRat Trap<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A woman\u2019s bustle.
\nRaving Distracted<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Stark mad.
\nRebel Soldier<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Rye whiskey.
\nReckon<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To guess or think. \u201cI reckon that\u2019ll do right fine.\u201d
\nReckoning up<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Talking about something or someone in a slanderous manner. \u201cI overheard them\u00a0reckoning up<\/i>\u00a0the mayor.\u201d
\nRed Eye<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Whiskey, also called \u201cred disturbance\u201d and \u201cred ink.\u201d
\nRed Lane<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A vulgar name for the throat, chiefly used by those drinking alcohol.
\nReloading Outfit<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Cowboy term for eating utensils, cups, and a plate.
\nRemuda<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A herd of horses on a ranch.
\nRench<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A vulgar pronunciation of the word rinse.
\nRetch<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Past tense of reach.
\nRetiracy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Sufficiency, competency.
\nReverent<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Strong, as, reverent whisky, not diluted.
\nRib<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Wife.
\nRib Wrenches<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Spurs.
\nRide a Shank\u2019s Mare<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To walk or be set afoot.
\nRide For the Brand<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To be loyal to the ranch and rancher that pays a cowboy.
\nRide Out on a Rail<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To be forced to leave town.
\nRig<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Saddle.
\nRight as a Trivet<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Right as rain, sound as a nut, stable.
\nRight as Rain<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Fine. \u201cAfter a good night\u2019s rest, he\u2019ll be right as rain.\u201d
\nRight Smart<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Many, much, good. \u201cHe got a\u00a0right smart<\/i>\u00a0bit of work done.\u201d
\nRing<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A group of businessmen or politicians form to advance their own interests, usually in such a way that places the public at risk. \u201cThe notorious Santa Fe\u00a0Ring<\/i>\u00a0was an unscrupulous group of politicians in the 1800s.\u201d
\nRing in<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To force or insinuate oneself into company where one is not wanted or does not belong.
\nRingster<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A member of\u00a0ring<\/i>, or group whose objective is to profit at the public\u2019s expense.
\nRingy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Ornery or angry man or animal.
\nRip<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Reprobate. \u201cHe\u2019s a mean ol\u2019 rip.\u201d
\nRip Out<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Impatiently give vent to one\u2019s feeling or opinions. \u201cWhen he came upon the town bully, he\u00a0ripped out<\/i>\u00a0what he thought of him.\u201d
\nRip-roaring, Rip-staver, Rip-snortin\u2019\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 An impressive person or thing.
\nRoad Agent<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A robber, bandit, desperado.
\nRoad Ranch<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A supply center or store, often located on the major trails headed westward, that supplied the wagon trains with provisions.
\nRode Hard and Put Up Wet<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Ugly, rough or hard looking. \u201cShe looks like she\u2019s been rode hard and put up wet!\u201d
\nRoastineer<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Corn roasted over an open fire while still in the husks.
\nRock<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A piece of money.
\nRocky Mountain Canary<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A burro used by the miners in the Rocky Mountains.
\nRod<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A revolver.
\nRode Fence<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Patrolled the range checking see if any areas of fencing needed repairs.
\nRoily Or Rily<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Turbid, excited to resentment, vexed.
\nRook<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To cheat, to dupe, such as a cardsharper or conman might do in a poker game.
\nRookus Juice<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Liquor.
\nRoostered<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Drunk. \u201cLooks like those cowboys are in there gettin\u2019 all roostered up.\u201d
\nRoost over one<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To get the better of.
\nRoping In<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Cheating.
\nRot-gut<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Bad liquor.
\nRouncher, roncher<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Used to describe something extreme, powerful, large, fine, remarkable.
\nRound Browns<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Cow chips.
\nRound Up<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A gathering of sheep, cattle or pigs.
\nRousing<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Very great, commonly applied to a fire.
\nRound-Rimmers<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Hats with a round rim, hence, those who wear them.
\nRow<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A fight
\nTo Row Up<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To punish with words, to rebuke.
\nRow Up Salt River<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Used generally to signify political defeat.
\nRowdy-dow<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Low, vulgar.
\nRuckus<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Loud noise, voices, a racket. \u201cWhat\u2019s all the ruckus about?\u201d
\nRuinatious<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Ruinous.
\nRumbumptious, rumbustious<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Haughty, pompous, boisterous, making a great fuss about.
\nRum-hole, Rum-mill<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A small drinking establishment, saloon.
\nRun<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A small stream or rivulet.
\nTo Run<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To press with jokes, sarcasm, or ridicule. \u2018To get the run upon one,\u2019 is to make a butt of him.
\nRun against a pill<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To be shot, to take a bullet.
\nTo Run One\u2019s Face<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To make use of one\u2019s credit.
\nRusser, Rusher<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A dashing, sensation-causing man, a heavy player \u2013 often applied to politicians and clergymen[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”S” tab_id=”1637083270906-398cf8d0-b872″][vc_column_text]Saddle Bum<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A drifter.
\nSaddle Stiff<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A cowboy, also referred to as \u201csaddle warmer\u201d and \u201csaddle slicker.\u201d
\nSaddle Tramp<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A cowboy who spends most of his time in the chuck line.
\nSadying<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A simple and unaffected mode of dancing.
\nSagamore<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The title of a chief or ruler among some of the American tribes of Indians.
\nSagebrush Men<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Cowboy who worked in the arid portions of Montana, Colorado and Wyoming.
\nSage Hen<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A woman.
\nSakes Alive\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 The equivalent of \u201cGood heavens!\u201d
\nSalt Horse<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Corned beef.
\nSalting<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Planting rich ore samples in an unprofitable mine to attract unwary buyers.
\nSalt-Lick<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A saline spring, where animals resort for drink.
\nSalt-Water Vegetables<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A term for oysters and clams.
\nSam Hill<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A euphemism for the devil. \u201cWhat in the Sam Hill are you doing?\u201d
\nSand<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Guts; courage; toughness. \u201cYou got sand, that\u2019s fer shore.\u201d
\nSantiago<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Coronado\u2019s favorite charge was \u201cSantiago\u201d, Spanish for St.James, Spain\u2019s soldier saint.
\nSaphead<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Blockhead, a stupid fellow.
\nSappy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Young, not firm, weak.
\nSatinet<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A twilled cloth made of cotton and wool.
\nSavage as a Meat Axe<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Extremely savage.
\nSavagerous<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Furious.
\nSavanna<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An open plain, or meadow without wood.
\nSavey or Sabby<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Corrupted from the Spanish saber, to know.To know, to comprehend.
\nTo Saw<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To hoax, to play a joke upon one.
\nSawbones<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Surgeon.
\nSawdust<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Counterfeit gold-dust or money.
\nSay<\/b>\u00a0-A speech, what one has to say.
\nSawdusty<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Cajoling, flattering.
\nScab Herder<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Derogatory term for sheep herder.
\nScad<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Large quantities, plenty, an abundance.
\nScace<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Scarce.
\nScalawag or Scallywag<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A mean, rotten or worthless person.
\nScaly<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Mean, stingy.
\nScalawag<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A mean, graceless fellow.
\nScamp<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A worthless fellow.
\nScamper Juice<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Whiskey.
\nScape\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Gallows \u2013 One who has escaped, though deserving of the gallows.
\nScape-Grace<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A term of reproach, a graceless fellow.
\nScare Up<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To obtain, get. \u201cCan you\u00a0scare up<\/i>\u00a0five dollars?\u201d
\nScoff away, scuff away<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To blow away, drive away, impel.
\nSchool\u00a0Ma\u2019am or Marm<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A school-mistress, teacher.
\nSconce<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The head, pate.
\nScoop in<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Trick, entice, inveigle. \u201cHe got scooped into a poker game and lost his shirt.\u201d
\nScoot<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Move fast, run, get going.
\nScore Off<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To get the best of one, especially in a verbal debate.
\nScow<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A large flat-bottomed boat, generally used as a ferry boat, or as a lighter for loading and unloading vessels when they cannot approach the wharf.
\nScranch<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To crunch, crack, or break any hard thing between the teeth.
\nScrap<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To fight or box.
\nScrape<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A shave.
\nScraper<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A razor.
\nScraps<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The dry, husky, and skinny residuum of melted fat.
\nScratch<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Not worth much. \u201cNo great scratch.\u201d
\nScratch<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To come to the encounter, begin a fight, i.e. To come to the scratch. Also means to spur a horse.
\nScratching Rake<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A comb.
\nScreamer<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An extraordinary person.
\nScreaming<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 First-rate, splendid.
\nScrew<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 One who squeezes all he can out of those with whom he has any dealings, an extortioner, miser. Also means salary, wages. Also means a jailer, turnkey, or prison warden.
\nScrew Loose<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Something wrong. \u201cHe\u2019s got a\u00a0screw loose<\/i>.\u201d
\nScrouge<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To crowd, to squeeze.
\nScrouger<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 \u00a0A bouncing fellow or girl.
\nScrub<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A horse of little value.
\nSchruncher<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 One who eats greedily.
\nScuds<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Money.
\nScuss<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Scarce.
\nSee About\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 To attend to, to consider.
\nSee How The Cat Jumps<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A metaphorical expression meaning, to discover the secrets or designs of others.
\nSee the Elephant<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Originally meant to see combat for the first time, later came to mean going to town, where all the action was or to go somewhere to experience a \u201cworldly event.\u201d Many times denotes disappointment of high-raised expectations.
\nSell Out<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Leave quick.
\nServe Up<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To expose to ridicule, to expose.
\nSet About<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To chastise, beat, thrash. \u201cWhen I got home he\u00a0set about<\/i>\u00a0me with a strap.\u201d
\nSet By or Set Much By<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 \u00a0To regard, to esteem. \u201cHe behaved himself more wisely than all, so that his name was much set by.\u201d
\nSet Her Cap For Him<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To direct her attentions to him, to endeavor to win his affections.
\nSet Store By\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 To set value upon, to appreciate.
\nSettled<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Sentenced to prison.
\nSet-To<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Argument, debate, contest in words.
\nSetting-Pole<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A pole pointed with iron, used for propelling vessels or boats up rivers.
\nSettle One\u2019s Hash<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To properly punish one.
\nSeven by Nine<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Something or someone of inferior or common quality. Originated from common window panes of that size.
\nSewn Up<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Exhausted, finished, done. Also means intoxicated.
\nShack<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Bunkhouse.
\nShack<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A vagabond, a low fellow. \u201cHe\u2019s a poor shack of a fellow.\u201d
\nShackly<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Loose, rickety.
\nShake<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A prostitute.
\nShakes<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Not much, not so good. \u201cHis horse riding abilities are no great\u00a0shakes<\/i>.\u201d Also means a moment, an instant. \u201cHold on, I\u2019ll get to it a couple of\u00a0shakes<\/i>.\u201d Also means a good opportunity, offer, bargain, or chance. \u201cHe gave me a good\u00a0shake<\/i>\u00a0on that land.\u201d
\nShake A Stick At<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 When a man is puzzled to give one an idea of a very great number, he calls it \u2018more than you can shake a stick at.\u2019
\nShake Down<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A cowboy\u2019s bedroll.
\nShakester, Shickster<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A female.
\nShake Up<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To obtain, get, procure. \u201cCan you help me\u00a0shake up<\/i>\u00a0a fiddle player for the barn dance?
\nShank of the Evening<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Latter part of the afternoon.
\nShakes<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The fever and ague.
\nShakes<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 No great shakes. Of no great value, little worth.
\nShaky<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A term applied by lumbermen, dealers in timber, and carpenters, to boards which are inclined to split from defects in the log from which they have been sawed.
\nShaney, Shanny<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A fool.
\nShank\u2019s Mare, Shank\u2019s Pony<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 On foot.
\nShank<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The balance, what remains. \u201cWhy don\u2019t you come by and spend the\u00a0shank<\/i>\u00a0of the evening with me?
\nShanty<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A hut, or mean dwelling.
\nSharps<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Any firearm manufactured Christian Sharps for his Sharps Rifle Company.\u00a0This term also applied to professional gamblers who cheated at the Poker tables.
\nSharp Set<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Hungry.
\nSharp Stick<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 \u2018He\u2019s after him with a sharp stick,\u2019 i. e. he\u2019s determined to have satisfaction, or revenge.
\nShave<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A narrow escape, a false alarm, a hoax.
\nShaver<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A child or young person of either sex; \u201cWhat a cute little shaver.\u201d
\nShaver\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 One that is close in bargains, or a sharp dealer
\nShave Tail<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A green, inexperienced person.
\nShebang<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A shanty or small house of boards.
\nShecoonery \u2013\u00a0<\/b>A whimsical corruption of the word chicanery. \u201cThis town\u2019s got a monstrous bad name for meanery and shecoonery of all sorts
\nSheepherder\u2019s Delight<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Cheap whiskey.
\nShet<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Shut.
\nShin<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Borrow money.
\nShindig<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A dance, party, celebration.
\nShindy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Uproar, confusion, a row, a spree.
\nShine<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To take the shine off, is to surpass in beauty or excellence. To take a shine to a person, is to take a fancy to him or her. To cut or make a shine, is to make a great display.
\nShin Out<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Run away.
\nShirk<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To procure by mean tricks, to steal.
\nShivaree<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A boisterous party for newlyweds.
\nShoal<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To lounge about lazily.
\nShootin\u2019 Iron<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Six-gun or a rifle.
\nShoot, Luke, or Give up the Gun\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Do it or quit talking about it.
\nShoot the Cat<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Vomit.
\nShoot the Crow<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Obtain a drink in a saloon and leave without paying.
\nShop-mades<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Boots.
\nShote<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A young hog, a pig partially grown.
\nShote<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An idle, worthless man.
\nShot in the Neck<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Drunk.
\nShot its Back<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A horse bucking.
\nShove the queer<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To pass counterfeit money.
\nShuck Off<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Take clothes off.
\nShucks<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Worthless people or things.
\nShunt<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To move, turn aside.
\nShut<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Quit, rid. \u201cI want to be shut of you!\u201d
\nShut Pan<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Shut up, shut your mouth.
\nShut yer cock holster<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Shut yer mouth.
\nTo Shy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To throw a light substance, as a flat stone, or a shell, with a careless jerk. Also means to turn aside, or start, as a horse, to sheer. And means, to hang about.
\nSick As A Horse<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 \u2018I\u2019m as sick as a horse,\u2019 exceedingly sick.
\nSidle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Move unobtrusively or sideways; \u201cThe young man began to sidle near the pretty girl sitting on the log\u201d
\nSignalize<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To communicate information by means of signals or telegraph.
\nSilk<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Barbed wire.
\nSimon Pure<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The real thing, a genuine fact. \u201cThis is the Simon pure.\u201d
\nSin-Buster<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A preacher.
\nSingin\u2019 to \u2018Em<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Standing night guard.
\nSinker<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Biscuit.
\nSipper \u2013\u00a0<\/b>Gravy
\nSittin\u2019 Her<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Courting a girl.
\nSixes And Sevens<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To be in a state of disorder and confusion.
\nSix-shooter Coffee<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Strong coffee.
\nSix-shooter Horse<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A fast horse.
\nSkedaddle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Scurry away or run like hell, get, leave, go. \u201cI best skedaddle.\u201d
\nSkeersome<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Frightful.
\nSkeezick, skeesic<\/b>k \u2013 A mean contemptible fellow.
\nSketchily<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 In a \u201csketchy\u201d manner \u2013 lacking substance, superficial, incomplete.
\nSkid<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A piece of light timber from ten to twenty feet in length, upon which heavier timber or other supplies are rolled or slid from place to place.
\nSkilly<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Water-gruel in workhouses or prisons.
\nSkilts<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Brown trowsers formerly worn in New England, that reach just below the knees.
\nSkin a Razor \u2013 To drive a hard bargain.
\nSkin-Flint<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A tight or close-fisted person with their money.
\nSkin Game<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A swindle.
\nSkinned<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To keep an eye on, lookout.
\nSkink<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To serve a drink.
\nSkip a Cog<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To make a mistake or error.
\nSkittles!<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Nonesense!
\nSkulduggery<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Rascality, treachery.
\nSkull<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The head man anywhere, such as a miner owner or the president.
\nSkungle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To disappear, make gone.
\nSkunk Cabbage<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A strong-scented, repulsive plant.
\nSky A Copper<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Toss up a penny.
\nSkunk Eggs<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Onions.
\nSlab-sided<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Straight, stiff. Usually applied to people who were prim, formal, or stuffy.
\nSlangander<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To slander, gossip, backbiting.
\nSlang-Whanger<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A writer or noisy talker.
\nSlantindicular<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Slanting, oblique.
\nSlap<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Paint, rouge, cosmetics. Sometimes also used to indicate cheap wall paint.
\nSlap-bang<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 a Low eating house.
\nSlap-Jacks<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Pancakes.
\nSlat<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Throw down with violence. \u201cThat cowboy slatted his brains out then threw him in the horse tank.\u201d
\nSlate<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Abuse, quarrel.
\nSlathers<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Abundance, no end of.
\nSlatted its Sails<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A horse bucking.
\nSlazy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A corruption of the word sleazy.
\nSlew or Slue<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 In seaman\u2019s language, to turn something around.
\nSlewed<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Moderately drunk.
\nSlewer<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A vulgar word for servant girl.
\nSlick or Slike<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A pronunciation of sleek.\u00a0 \u201cHer face was smooth and slike.\u201d
\nSlue<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Many, large number
\nSmall Fry<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Young children or persons of little importance.
\nSmall Potatoes<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Mean, contemptible, worthless. \u201cHe is small potatoes.\u201d
\nSmart Sprinkle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A good deal; a good many. Used in the interior of the Western States.
\nSmock-face<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A white face, a face without any hair.
\nSmoke Pole<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Six-gun, also referred to as a \u201csmoke wagon.\u201d
\nSmooth<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A meadow, or grass field.
\nSmoutch<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To gouge, to take unfair advantage.
\nTo Smutch<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To blacken with smoke, soot, or coal. \u201cI have smutched my fingers.\u201d
\nSnake Out<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Drag or haul out, as a snake from its hole.
\nSnake Pizen<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Whiskey.
\nSnapped<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Drunk.
\nSnatch<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A hasty meal, a snack.
\nSnapper<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An impudent tattler, impertinent talk, constant chatter.
\nSnapperhead<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An impertinent fellow, one who snaps or answers to quickly or impudently.
\nSnippeny, snippy, sniptious, snippish<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Vain, conceited.
\nSnipper-Snapper<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An effeminate young man; a trifler.
\nSnipsnap<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Tart dialogue, quick replies.
\nSnotted<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Being reprimanded, hauled over the coals.
\nSnoozer<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A thief who robs hotel guests.
\nSnorter<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Impolite reference to a dashing or riotous fellow. A vulgar Western term.
\nSnuffy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A wild or spirited horse.
\nSoak<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To bake thoroughly.
\nSoaked<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Drunk.
\nSoap-Lock<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A lock of hair made to lie smooth by soaping it.
\nSockdologer\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 A powerful punch or blow.
\nSodbuster\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Farmer.
\nSoft down on<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 In love with.
\nSoft-horn<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A Tenderfoot, someone new to the West.
\nSoft Horse<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A horse with little stamina.
\nSoft Soap or Soft Sawder<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Flattery; blarney.
\nSoft Tack<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Bread.
\nSofty<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Silly person, half-witted.
\nSog<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Dullness, lethargy.
\nSoiled Dove<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Prostitute.
\nSold His Saddle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Disgraced.
\nSold Up<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Poor or distressed.
\nSole-slogger<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A shoe-maker.
\nSomeone to Ride the River With<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A person to be counted on; reliable; got it where it counts.
\nSonk, Sonkey<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A stupid fellow.
\nSonofabitch Stew<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A cowboy concoction that contained cow heart, testicles, tongue, liver, and marrow gut. Probably first served on a trail drive using the ingredients at hand.
\nSossle Or Sozzle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A lazy or sluttish woman.
\nSound\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 True,healthy, staunch, reliable.
\nSoup<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Nitroglycerine. Was often used to open bank vault. Also called \u201coil.\u201d
\nSourdough<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 In cowboy lingo \u2014 a cook or a bachelor. In mining and Old West slang, a sourdough was an experienced prospector, or a veteran in his field..
\nSour On<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To get sick of someone or something, \u00a0to give up something out of disgust.
\nSowbelly<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Bacon
\nSpan<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A span of horses consists of a pair that are very much alike and harnessed side by side.
\nSpark \u2013\u00a0<\/b>A lover, a beau.
\nSparking<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Courting.
\nSpell<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Time; for a while.
\nSpider<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A cast iron frying-pan with three legs.
\nSpike Team<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A wagon drawn by three horses, or by two oxen and a horse.
\nSpill<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A strip of paper rolled up to light a lamp or or a cigar.
\nSplendiferous<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Splendid, fine.
\nSpooney<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A stupid or silly fellow, also a disgusting drunk.
\nSportsman<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A term often applied to a gambler.
\nSposh<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A mixture of mud and water.
\nSqually<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A sailor\u2019s word for windy, gusty.
\nSquatter<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 One who settles on land without legal title, a widespread practice in the West.
\nSquaw<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An extremely derisive term for an Indian woman. Though this term was widely used in the Old West so much so that it became common language, it should not be perpetuated. as the term loosely translates to the \u201cC\u201d word that might be utilized today.
\nSquaw Wood<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Cowchips.
\nSqueeze the Biscuit<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Grabbing the saddle horn, not something a cowboy wants to get caught doing.
\nSquirtish<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Dandified.
\nSparkle Up \u2013\u00a0<\/b>To hasten, be quick.
\nSparrow Catching<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Looking for a girl to go out with.
\nSpeeler<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A gambler.
\nSpindigo<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Said of one who has come out badly, such as failing an examination or losing on the Stock Exchange.
\nSplashing<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Talking without making sense or talking too much.
\nSplit Fair<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Tell the truth, divulge, inform.
\nSpoon<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To court, make love, woo.
\nSpoons<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Equivalent of money, means or fortune.
\nSpoops, Spoosy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A soft-brained fellow, or one whose manners are objectionable.
\nSpread oneself<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To boast.
\nSpudgel<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To move or run away quickly.
\nSquabash<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To kill.
\nSquaddle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To depart rapidly, begone, cut and run, skedaddle.
\nSquibob<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A term applied in contempt or indifference.
\nSquiffed, Squiffy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Slightly intoxicated.
\nSquinny<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To cause a laugh, to laugh, wink, smile.
\nStaddle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A young tree; a tree left to grow when others are cut.
\nStall Your Mug<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Go away, make yourself scarce.
\nStancheous<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Strong; durable.
\nStand In<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 \u00a0To cost. \u201cThis horse stands me in two hundred dollars.\u201d
\nStand the gaff<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Take punishment in good spirit. \u201cHe can really stand the gaff.\u201d
\nStars<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A Southern pronunciation of the word stairs, like bar for bear.
\nTo Stave<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To break a hole in, to break, to burst, as, \u2018to stave a cask.\u2019 Also means to hurry or press forward.
\nStave Off\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 To push away as with a staff, to delay, as, \u2018to stave off the execution of the project
\nSteamer\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Tobacco pipe.
\nSteel<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Spurs.
\nStemps<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Legs.
\nStem-winder<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Applied to anything quite perfect, finished, with the latest improvements.
\nStepping Ken \u2013 A dance house.
\nStevedore<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A man employed in loading and unloading vessels
\nStew<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To be in a stew, is to be in a heat, a confusion of mind.
\nStew in one\u2019s own juice<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0To suffer from one\u2019s own action.
\nStick<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An inefficient person.
\nTo Stick<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To take in, to impose upon, to cheat in trade. \u201cI\u2019m stuck with a counterfeit note\u201d
\nSticker<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A butcher or slaughterer.
\nSticks<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Furniture.
\nStickling<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Hesitating, delaying.
\nStingo<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Strong ale.
\nStiver<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0 To run, to move off.
\nStob<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Small stake.
\nStogies \u2013\u00a0<\/b>Cheap, secondhand boots.
\nStomp<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Dance.
\nStove-pipe<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A silk hat.
\nStrapper<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A woman of a bulky form. A large, tall person.
\nStrapping<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Huge, lusty, bouncing, as, \u2018a strapping lass.
\nStreaked or Streaky\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Frightened, annoyed, confused, alarmed.
\nStretcher<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A notorious lie.
\nStretchin\u2019 the Blanket<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Telling a tall tale.
\nString<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A line of horses.
\nString<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A common name among teamsters for a whip.
\nString-Beans<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 French beans, so called from the string-like substance stripped from the side of the pod in preparing it for the table.
\nStringing a Whizzer<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Telling a tall tale.
\nStrong enough to float a colt<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Very strong coffee.
\nStoved up<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Crippled, badly injured, or too old. Also, \u201cstove in.\u201d
\nStuff\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 A weak, worthless person, one without energy.
\nStuffy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Stout, mettlesome, resolute
\nStumper<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A puzzler.
\nStump Orator<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A man who preaches from the stump of a tree, or other elevation.
\nStumpage<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The sum paid to owners of land for the privilege of cutting the timber growing thereon.
\nStrumpet<\/b>\u2013 A prostitute.
\nSuck Egg<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A silly person.
\nSucker<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A hard drinker, a drunkard.
\nSucking Hind Tit<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Being last and getting the least.
\nSuitcase Rancher<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An absentee rancher.
\nSugar<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Kiss or loving. \u201cHoney, come over here and give your grandma some sugar.\u201d
\nSulky<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A carriage for a single person, generally in the form of a chaise.
\nSunday-face<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The behind, buttocks.
\nSure As A Gun<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Absolutely certain.
\nSurface Coal<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Cowchips.
\nSwack-up<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A falsehood.
\nSwad<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A crowd, numerous, a mass, bunch.
\nSwacking<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Huge, robust.
\nSwad<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A lump, mass, or hunch, also, a crowd.
\nSwag<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A term used in speaking of booty lately obtained.
\nI Swamp It! \u2013\u00a0<\/b>An interjection of the same meaning as I swan!
\nSwamp Seed\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Rice.
\nSwan<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 So surprised, ready to faint or pass out. \u201cWell, I swan.\u201d
\nSwanga<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A word used among some southern blacks in connection with buckra, as swanga buckra, meaning a dandy white man, or literally, a dandy devil.
\nSweep<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The pole or piece of timber moved on a fulcrum or post, used to lower and raise a bucket in a well for drawing water.
\nSweet On<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 In love with.
\nTo Swinge<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To whip, to bastinade, to punish.
\nSwate<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A violent slap or blow in the face with the open hand.
\nSwitchback \u2013\u00a0<\/b>a trail using a zig zag course up a steep grade
\nSwitch In<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To bring in quickly, to incite promptness. \u201cNow\u2019s your time, boys; switch in and let them have it.\u201d
\nI Swow!<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An exclamation.
\nSycher<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A contemptible person.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”T” tab_id=”1637083271832-4582afb4-2e7c”][vc_column_text]Table Muscle \u2013\u00a0<\/b>A pot belly.
\nTaffy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Flattery.
\nTail-Race<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The water course leading from a mill after it has passed the water-wheel.
\n\u2018Taint<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A corrupt abbreviation for it is not.
\nTake French Leave<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To desert, sneak off without permission.
\nTake on<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Grieve. \u201cDon\u2019t take on so.\u201d
\nTake the Rag Off<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Surpass, beat all. \u201cWell, if that don\u2019t take the rag off the bush.\u201d
\nTake the Starch Out<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Extinguish one\u2019s conceit, widely applied to weakening, refuting or deterioration.
\nTalking-Iron<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A gun or rifle, called also a shooting-iron.
\nTall Hog at the Trough<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Superior, outstanding, exudes leadership.
\nTallow<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Fat, whether on humans or animals.
\nTally \u2013\u00a0<\/b>To live tally is to live as man and wife though not married.
\nTan Your Hide<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Spanking. \u201cI started raisin\u2019 Cain, an my mama said she was going to tan my hide!\u201d
\nTangle-footed, tangle- legged<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Drunk from bad whiskey.
\nTaos Lightening<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A name given to any potent liquor.
\nTaps<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To be on one\u2019s taps is to be on one\u2019s feet, on the move, ready to move.
\nTaradiddles<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Falsehoods, traveler\u2019s yarns or tales.
\nTare, Tear<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A frolic, spree, riot, bender, rampage.
\nTarantula Juice<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Cheap whiskey.
\nTarnal<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Yankee swear word.
\nTarnation<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A mild oath or explanation.
\nTatch, Thatch<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Hat.
\nTeapot<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A depot or railroad station.
\nTearin\u2019 up Jake<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Making a lot of noise.\u00a0 \u201cHe must be tearin\u2019 up Jake out there!\u201d
\nTear Squeezer<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A sad story.
\nTechy or\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Techy as a Teased Snake\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Grumpy, irritable.
\nTee-Total<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Entirely, total.
\nTee-Totaller<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A thorough temperance man, who avoids every kind of ardent spirits, wine, and beer.
\nTen-cent Man<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A small, narrow-minded, trifling man.
\nTen Commandments<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Fingers or nails.
\nTenderfoot<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A person new to the job, or a young person.
\nTenderloin<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The red-light commercial district of a town, featuring brothels.
\nTendsome<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Requiring much attendance, as, \u2018a tendsome child.\u2019
\nTer\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 To
\nTexas Butter<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Gravy made with flour, hot water, and fried steak grease.
\nTexas Cakewalk<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A hanging.
\nThere You Ain\u2019t<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Expresses a failure. The opposite of \u201cThere you are.\u201d
\nThree-by-nine smile<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A laug or smile to the full extent on the jaws.
\nThree-legged Mare<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Gallows.
\nThumper<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A gross falsehood.
\nThumping<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Very large.
\nTied Up<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Given over, finished.
\nTiger Town<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Refers to an alley, street or district that had many gambling halls where\u00a0Faro<\/a>was played. Also referred to as \u201cTiger Alley.\u201d
\nTight<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Drunk
\nTightener<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A hearty meal.
\nTile Loose, Tile Off<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Slightly deranged. Also \u201cslate loose.\u201d
\nTilt On<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 to come across, meet.
\nTimbers<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Legs. Also \u201cstems\u201d or \u201cpegs.\u201d
\nTin<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Money.
\nTin-horn Lot<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A term used to express contempt towards a small-minded or mean fellow.
\nTinker\u2019s News<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 News that has already been heard or told before.
\nTippery<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Payment
\nThat Dog Won\u2019t Hunt<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 That idea or argument isn\u2019t going to work. Or, the person saying it doesn\u2019t believe what you\u2019re saying. \u00a0After I broke curfew for the second time and blamed it on my car catching fire, my daddy said to me, \u201cTraci, that dog won\u2019t hunt.\u201d
\nThree Ways from Sunday<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Moving quickly; high-tailing it out of there.
\nThrow Off on<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Make fun of.
\nThrow up the sponge<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Quit, give up, surrender.
\nThundering<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Very, exceedingly.
\nThumb Buster<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Single action six-gun that required cocking.
\nTie To<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Rely on. \u201cHe\u2019s a man you can tie to.\u201d
\nTight Scrouging<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Hard squeezing. Said of anything difficult to accomplish.
\nTipple<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Drink liquor.
\nTin<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A slang word for money. \u2018Kelter,\u2019 \u2018dimes,\u2019 \u2018dough,\u2019 rocks,\u2019 and many other words are used in the same manner.
\nTiswin<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A kind of weak beer brewed from corn, popular among the Apache.
\nTitivate<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To dress up.
\nTit For Tat<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 I shall treat you as you treat me.
\nTitter<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An eruption on the skin.
\nToad Strangler<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Heavy rain.
\nToddle, Tortle, Turtle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To be off.
\nToddy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A kind of punch made of rum, water, sugar, and nutmeg.
\nToff\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 A dandy, a swell, one who dresses well. \u201cToffer\u201d is the female version.
\nToggery, Togs \u2013\u00a0<\/b>Clothing.
\nTo Rights<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 In the proper way.
\nTote<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A hard drinker.
\nTo Toll<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To entice, to lead on. Western.
\nTombstones<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Large teeth.
\nTongs<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A name for pantaloons and roundabouts formerly in use in New England.
\nTongue Oil<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Strong liquor.
\nTonsil Paint<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Liquor, also referred to as \u201ctonsil varnish.\u201d
\nToo Big For His Breeches<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Said of a man who is above his business, arrogant, haughty.
\nToo Much Mustard<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A braggart.
\nTopping<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Elegant, swell, great.
\nTop-sawyer<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Denoting excellence, superiority
\nTornado Juice<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Whiskey.
\nTottie<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A fast girl.
\nTottle, Tottlish<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To walk unsteadily.
\nTowelling<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Thrashing, beating.
\nTrace<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A trail or path.
\nTrailing<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Moving cattle from one location to another.
\nTrain Up<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Hurry.
\nTrampous, Trampoose<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To walk, to lounge or wander about, to tramp.
\nTranklements, trollybobs, trollybags<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Entrails, intestines.
\nTraps<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Goods, household stuff, baggage.
\nTrat<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A pretty girl.
\nTo Tree<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To take refuge in a tree, usually said of a wild animal. To tree oneself, is to conceal oneself behind a tree.
\nTrickly<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Tricklish, practicing tricks.
\nTricks<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Ones personal belongings.
\nTrig A Wheel<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To stop a wheel so as to prevent its going backwards or forwards
\nTrimmings<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Bread and butter and other necessary eatables for the tea-table.
\nTrotter Boxes, Trotter Cases<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Shoes or boots.
\nTrounce<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To beat
\nTruckage<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The charges for carrying on a truck, the cartage.
\nTruk, Trug<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A prostitute of the lowest class. Usually dirty, slatternly.
\nTub-thumping<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Street preaching.
\nTuckered Out<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Tired out, fatigued.
\n\u2018Twa\u2019n\u2019t<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 It was not.
\nTwig<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Observe, understand.
\nTwist<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A good appetite. Also to outlaws, it means to hang.
\nTwistical<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Tortuous, unfair, not quite moral.
\nTwisting the Tiger\u2019s Tail<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Playing Faro or poker. Also referred to as \u201cbucking the tiger.\u201d
\nTwofer<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A loose woman.
\nTwo Whoops and a Holler<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Not far away.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”U” tab_id=”1637083272722-6579d457-772c”][vc_column_text]Ugly as a Mud Fence\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Used to describe someone who was very ugly.
\nUncorkin\u2019 a Bronc<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Breaking a horse.
\nUnmentionables<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Underwear.
\nUnsalted<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Fresh, green, young, inexperienced.
\nUnshucked<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Cowboy talk for naked. An unshucked gun is one that\u2019s out of the holster.
\nUnwound<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A horse bucking.
\nUp a Tree, Treed<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 In difficulty, cornered, unable to do anything.
\nUppish<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Proud, insolent.
\nUpper Story<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The brain, the head. \u201cHe\u2019s not right in his upper story.\u201d
\nUp the Spout<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Gone to waste or ruin.
\nUp Stakes<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To depart in a hurry. Same as \u201ccut stick.\u201d
\nUp To The Hub<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To the extreme point.
\nUp To Snuff<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To be flash, to be shrewd.
\nUp the Spout<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Imprisoned.
\nUp To Trap<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Knowing, shrewd.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”V” tab_id=”1637083273831-8b5951bd-9a35″][vc_column_text]Valley Tan<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A kind of liquor sold in Mormon Country.
\nVamoose<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To disappear or leave quickly.
\nVaulting House<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Brothel.
\nVelvet Couch \u2013\u00a0<\/b>A cowboy\u2019s bedroll.
\nVamos<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A Spanish word signifying let us go.
\nVarmint<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A corrupt pronunciation of the word vermin.
\nVum<\/b> \u2013 A form of swearing. \u201cI vum!\u201d similarly to \u201cI vow!\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”W” tab_id=”1637083274999-22db20a2-c446″][vc_column_text]Wabble<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Make free use of one\u2019s tongue, to be a ready speaker.
\nWaddy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 One of the words for cowboy, especially a cowboy who drifted from ranch to ranch and helped out in busy times.
\nWag-tail<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A prostitute.
\nWait On<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To court.
\nWake Snakes<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To raise a ruckus.
\nWake up\/Woke up the Wrong Passenger<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To trouble or anger the wrong person.
\nWalk The Chalk<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Walk straight.
\nWall<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Roll your eyes.
\nWamble-Cropped<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Sick at the stomach, and figuratively, wretched, humiliated.
\nWampum<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 In the Massachusetts Indian language, this word means white, or the color of shells.
\nWap<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To throw quickly, to flap
\nWar Bag<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Cowboys traveled light, and stored their meager worldly possessions in his \u201cwar bag\u201d. Inside was generally everything he owned, typically an extra set of clothes, extra ammunition, spare parts for equipment, playing cards, bill of sale for his horse, and maybe a harmonica or a few precious letters. Also called a \u201cwar sack\u201d and a \u201cyannigan bag.\u201d
\nWar Bonnet<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Hat.
\nWashy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Weak, not firm or hardy.
\nWasp Nest<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Light bread.
\nWattles<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Ears.
\nWax<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 In a rage.
\nWay-Bill<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A list of the passengers in a stage-coach, railroad car, steamboat, or other public conveyance.
\nWearing the Bustle Wrong<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Referring to a pregnant woman.
\nWeather-Breeder<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A cloudless sky, after a succession of rainy weather, denotes rain, and is said to be a weatherbreeder
\nWeed<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A common term for tobacco.
\nWell To Live<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To be in easy circumstances, to live comfortably.
\nWhack<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To share.
\nWhacker<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Anything very large, same as a \u201cwhopper.\u201d
\nWhale Away<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To preach, talk or lecture continuously or vehemently.
\nWhang<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Sinews of the buffalo or other animal, or small strips of thin deer-skin, used by the dwellers and hunters of the prairies for sewing.
\nWhaling<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A lashing, a beating.
\nWhaler<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A big, strapping fellow.
\nWhap<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A quick and smart stroke.
\nWhapper or Whopper<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Anything uncommonly large, as, \u2018That\u2019s a whopper,\u2019 meaning a monstrous lie.
\nWhapping<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Very large.
\nWhat in the Tarnation<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A polite way of saying \u201cWhat the hell?\u201d
\nTo Wheal<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To swell.
\nWheel-Horse<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An intimate friend, one\u2019s right-hand man.
\nWhelk<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An old name for a pustule, a pimple. The word is not much used in America.
\nWhelky<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Protuberant, rounded.
\nWhim-Wham<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A toy, a freak, a strange fancy.
\nWhip-belly<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Bad beer.
\nWhistle Berries<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Beans.
\nWhite Eye<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Maize whiskey.
\nWhite-Eyed<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Exhausted.
\nWhite Liner<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 An alcoholic.
\nWhite Tape, White Wine<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Gin
\nWhitewash<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To gloss over or hide one\u2019s faults or shortcomings.
\nWhittled<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Drunk
\nWho-Hit-John<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Liquor, beer, intoxicating spirits. \u201cHe had a little too much who-hit-John.\u201d
\nWhole Hog<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 All the way, all of it. \u201cGo the whole hog!\u201d
\nWhole Kit and Caboodle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The entire thing.
\nWhomper-jawed<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Uneven.
\nWhoremonger<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A man who frequents prostitutes.
\nWhuppin\u2019<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Spanking.
\nWicket<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A place of shelter, or camp made of the boughs of trees.
\nWidow<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The gallows.
\nWidow Maker<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A very bad or \u201coutlaw\u201d horse.
\nWigging<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A rebuke.
\nWild Mare\u2019s Milk<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Whiskey.
\nWild West Weekly<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Pulp or \u201cdime\u201d novels.
\nWindies<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Tall Tales.
\nWinsome<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Lively, cheerful, gay.
\nWipe Your Chin<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Be quiet.
\nWolfer<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A man with a large appetite or a hard drinker.
\nWolfish<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Savage, savagely hungry.
\nWood<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Saddle.
\nWooding-Place<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A station on the banks of a river where the steamboats stop to take in supplies of wood.
\nWoolies<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Sheep
\nWoolsey<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A cheap hat, usually made of wool.
\nWorm-Fence<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A rail fence laid up in a zig-zag manner.
\nWorse Than a Cat in a Roomful of Rockers<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Someone who is really nervous.
\nWrathy<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Very angry.
\nWrapper<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A loose dress or gown.
\nWrinkle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Whim, fancy, a cunning trick or artful dodge.
\nWrinkled His Spine<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A horse bucking.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”X” tab_id=”1637083275949-fa675e6a-2406″][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Y” tab_id=”1637083277127-8035d941-eda4″][vc_column_text]Yam<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 To eat.
\nYammerin\u2019<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Talking. \u201cDrink yer coffee an\u2019 quit yer yammerin\u2019.\u201d
\nYannigan Bag<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A bag in which the cowboy carried personal items, also known as a \u201cwar bag.\u201d
\nYarn<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A story.
\nYeath<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 For earth.
\nYegg (or John Yegg)\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Bandit chief
\nYellow Belly<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0A coward.
\nYellow Hammer<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Gold coin.
\nYellows<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Often pronounced yallers. A disease of horses and cattle, which is indicated by a yellow appearance of the eyes, inside of the lips, etc.
\nYer<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 You
\nYere<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Here
\nYourn<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 \u00a0A form of \u2018yours\u2019, as in \u201cThis un\u2019s mine, that un\u2019s yourn.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Z” tab_id=”1637083278114-166c8d4c-41ab”][vc_column_text]Zitted<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Zipped, flew. \u201cThe bullets zitted about in every direction.\u201d
\nZooning<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Humming, buzzing, barking.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tour][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes”][vc_column][vc_column_text]A<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bach<\/b> – To bachelor it. For men to keep house without a woman’s help. Pronounced, and sometimes spelled, “batch”.<\/span>
\nBackdoor Trots<\/b> – Diarrhea<\/span>
\nBacon<\/b> – Meaning to save one\u2019s self from injury. To save one’s bacon.<\/span>
\nBack Seats<\/b> – An obscure and modest position, usually referring to politics.<\/span>
\nBack Staircase<\/b> – A derisive term for a bustle. Also called a “bird cage\u201d or “canary cage.\u201d<\/span>
\nBad Box<\/b> – To be in a bad box, is to be in a bad predicament.<\/span>
\nBad Egg<\/b> – A bad person.<\/span>
\nBad Hoss<\/b> – A bad or wild horse.<\/span>
\nBadlands<\/b> – From a French term meaning “bad country for travel.” The term applied to barren areas of South Dakota, as well as other inhospitable western locations.<\/span>
\nBag of Nails<\/b> – Everything in confusion, topsy-turvy.<\/span>
\nBait<\/b> – Food<\/span>
\nBaker\u2019s Dozen<\/b> – Thirteen.<\/span>
\nBake<\/b> – To overheat a horse by riding too fast, long, or hard.<\/span>
\nBakes<\/b> – One\u2019s original stake in a game.<\/span>
\nBalderdash<\/b><\/a> – Nonsense, foolishness; empty babble.<\/span>
\nBaldface Dishes<\/b><\/a> – <\/b>China dishes.<\/span>
\nBallast<\/b> – Money<\/span>
\nBalled Up<\/b><\/a> – Confused.<\/span>
\nBallyhoo<\/b> – Sales talk, advertising, exaggeration.<\/span>
\nBalmy<\/b> – Sleepy, weak-minded, dull.<\/span>
\nBalls<\/b> – To make a mistake, to get in trouble. Or, rubbish such as “all balls\u201d – all rubbish.<\/span>
\nBamboozle<\/b> – To deceive, impose upon, confound. “After Nick had bamboozled about the money, he was arrested.\u201d<\/span>
\nBanagher<\/b> – To bang<\/span>
\nBanco or Bunko Steerer or Roper<\/b> – A sharper, confidence-trick man.<\/span>
\nBanded<\/b> – Hungry<\/span>
\nBand Wagon<\/b> – Peddler’s wagon.<\/span>
\nBandero<\/b> – Widow\u2019s weeds.<\/span>
\nBangtail<\/b> – A wild horse – mustang.<\/span>
\nBanjo<\/b> – A miner’s term for a short-handled shovel.<\/span>
\nBanquette<\/b> – The name for a side-walk in some of Southern cities.<\/span>
\nBar Dog<\/b> – Bar tender.<\/span>
\nBared<\/b> – Shaved<\/span>
\nBarber\u2019s Cat<\/b> – Half-starved, sickly-looking person.<\/span>
\nBarber\u2019s Clerk<\/b> – A conceited, over-dressed fellow who trys to act like a “gentleman.\u201d<\/span>
\nBarefoot<\/b> – An unshod horse.<\/span>
\nBark<\/b> – To scalp.<\/span>
\nBarkin’ at a Knot<\/b><\/a> – Doing something useless; wasting your time, trying something impossible.<\/span>
\nBarking Irons<\/b> – Pistols.<\/span>
\nBarnum<\/b> – “To talk Barnum\u201d is to not indulge in extravagant, hugh falutin\u2019 talk, but talks in a quiet manner.<\/span>
\nBarrens<\/b> – Elevated lands, or plains upon which grow small trees, but never timber.<\/span>
\nBarrow-tram<\/b> – A rawboned, awkward looking person.<\/span>
\nBarrel Boarder<\/b> – A bum, a low sot.<\/span>
\nBarrel Fever<\/b> – A hangover.<\/span>
\nBase Burner<\/b> – A drink of whiskey.<\/span>
\nBat<\/b> – A frolic, a spree.<\/span>
\nBatting His Eyes<\/b> – A gambler\u2019s term for men who look on but don\u2019t play.<\/span>
\nBattlin’ Stick<\/b> – A stick to stir clothes in the wash pot.<\/span>
\nBat Wings<\/b> – Chaps.<\/span>
\nBay<\/b> – A horse of llight-red color.<\/span>
\nBay-window<\/b> – Pregnancy.<\/span>
\nBazoo<\/b><\/a> – Mouth. “Shut your big bazoo.”<\/span>
\nBeads<\/b> – The bubbles which rise on a glass of wine or spirits.<\/span>
\nBean Eater<\/b> – A Mexican<\/span>
\nBean Master<\/b> – The cook<\/span>
\nBear Sign<\/b> – \u00a0A cowboy term for donuts made while they were on the range. A cook who could and would make them was highly regarded.<\/span>
\nBeat the Devil around the Stump<\/b> – To evade responsibility or a difficult task. “Quit beatin’ the devil around the stump and ask that girl to marry you.”<\/span>
\nBecase<\/b> – Because.<\/span>
\nBed Ground<\/b> – Where cattle are held at night.<\/span>
\nBed Him Down<\/b> – To kill a man.<\/span>
\nBed-house<\/b> – Brothel.<\/span>
\nBed-fagot<\/b> – Prostitute.<\/span>
\nBed-post<\/b> – A moment, an instant, jiffy. “He got over here in the twinkling of a bed-post<\/i>.\u201d<\/span>
\nBed-rock<\/b> – Not able to go lower. “Is that the bed-rock<\/i> price?\u201d<\/span>
\nBee<\/b> –\u00a0A gathering of friends, family and neighbors to get a specific job done\u00a0 Usually used with women\u2019s quilting get togethers – a quilting bee.<\/span>
\nBee in Your Bonnet<\/b><\/a>– An idea.<\/span>
\nBeef<\/b> – To kill. (This came from killing a cow for food.) “Doc Holiday beefed a man today.\u201d<\/span>
\nBeef-headed <\/b>– Stupid, dull as an ox.<\/span>
\nBeef Tea<\/b> – Shallow water where cows have stood.<\/span>
\nBeen in the Sun<\/b> – Drunk<\/span>
\nBeen Through the Mill<\/b> – Been through a lot, seen it all.<\/span>
\nBee-sweetening<\/b> – Honey<\/span>
\nBeetle-crushers<\/b> – Feet<\/span>
\nBeeves<\/b> – Cattle<\/span>
\nB\u2019hoy <\/b>– A rowdy young man, reveler or ruffian.<\/span>
\nBeliked<\/b> – Liked; beloved.<\/span>
\nBellyache<\/b> – Complain.<\/span>
\nBelly Cheater<\/b> – A cook.<\/span>
\nBelly Robber <\/b>– The cook.<\/span>
\nBelly Through the Brush<\/b> – Dodge the law.<\/span>
\nBelly Wash<\/b> – Weak coffee.<\/span>
\nBelvidere<\/b> – A handsome man.<\/span>
\nBend an Elbow<\/b> – Have a drink. “He’s been known to bend an elbow with the boys.”<\/span>
\nBender<\/b> – Initially referred to a spree or a frolic. Later, and now, also used to describe someone on a drinking binge.<\/span>
\nBenzinery<\/b><\/a> – A low-grade drinking place. Cheap whiskey was sometimes called benzene.<\/span>
\nBerdache<\/b><\/a> – An Indian male who dressed and lived entirely as a woman, fulfilling a cultural role within the tribe. Sometimes called in Indian languages a “would be woman” and sometimes thought of as a third sex. Common among the tribes of the Americas, these men-women had social and religious powers. They might be givers of sacred names; leaders of ceremonial dances; visionaries and predictors of the future; matchmakers; etc. Understood as following a vision by most Indians, they were not tolerated by whites. They persist today, discreetly.<\/span>
\nBest Bib and Tucker<\/b><\/a> – Wearing your best clothes. “There’s a dance Saturday, so put on your best bib and tucker.”<\/span>
\nBetterments<\/b> – The improvements made on new lands, by cultivation and the erection of buildings.<\/span>
\nBettermost<\/b> – The best.<\/span>
\nBetty<\/b> – A pear-shaped bottle wound around with straw which contains Italian olive oil.<\/span>
\nBetween Hay and Grass<\/b><\/a> – Neither man nor boy, half-grown.<\/span>
\nB’hoys<\/b> – Noisy young men of the lower ranks of society.<\/span>
\nBible<\/b> – A small packet of papers used to roll cigarettes. Also called a “dream book” or a “prayer book.”<\/span>
\nBible Bump<\/b> – A bump (or cyst) on the wrist or hand that old timers say would disappear if whacked by a large book – such as the bible.<\/span>
\nBiddable<\/b> – Docile, obedient, tractable.<\/span>
\nBiddy<\/b> –\u00a0Hen. Also used to refer to a nagging or complaining woman.<\/span>
\nBiff <\/b>– To strike in ones face.<\/span>
\nBig Augur<\/b> – Ranch Owner.<\/span>
\nBig Bug<\/b> – Important person, official, boss. “He’s one of the railroad big bugs.”<\/span>
\nBig Figure<\/b> – To do things on on a large scale.<\/span>
\nBig Fifty<\/b> – A .50 caliber Sharps rifle used by professionals for buffalo hunting. It was 16 pounds unloaded, with three-quarter inch, 120-grain black powder cartridges loaded for differing ranges.<\/span>
\nBiggest Toad in the Puddle<\/b> – The most important person in a group.<\/span>
\nBiggity<\/b> – Large, extravagant, grand, hauty.<\/span>
\nBig Guns<\/b> – Men of importance, great people.<\/span>
\nBig Jump<\/b> – Death.<\/span>
\nBig Nuts to Crack<\/b> – A difficult or large undertaking.<\/span>
\nBig Pasture<\/b> – The penitentiary<\/span>
\nBig Sugar<\/b> – Ranch owner.<\/span>
\nBill Show<\/b> – A Wild West show. Probably derived from the names of the two leading show promoters – William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody and Gordan William “Pawnee Bill” Lillie.<\/span>
\nBilk<\/b> – Cheat.<\/span>
\nBime-By<\/b> – By-and-by, soon, in a short time.<\/span>
\nBiscuit<\/b> – Saddle horn.<\/span>
\nBiscuit Roller <\/b>– The cook.<\/span>
\nBiscuit Shooter<\/b> – The cook.<\/span>
\nBishop<\/b> – An appendage to a lady’s wardrobe, more commonly called a bustle.<\/span>
\nBite the Ground<\/b> – To be killed.<\/span>
\nBit House<\/b> – A cheap saloon.<\/span>
\nBlack-eyed Susan<\/b> – A six-gun.<\/span>
\nBlack<\/b> – To look black at one is to look at one with anger or deep resentment.<\/span>
\nBlack-Leg<\/b> – A gambler.<\/span>
\nBlacksmithing<\/b> – Pimping for a prostitute.<\/span>
\nBlack Snake<\/b> – A long whip.<\/span>
\nBlack Spot<\/b> – Shade.<\/span>
\nBlackstrap<\/b> – Gin and molasses<\/span>
\nBlack Water<\/b> – Weak coffee.<\/span>
\nBlame<\/b> – Euphemism for damn.<\/span>
\nBlarney<\/b> – Stories, flattery, tall tales, idle discourse.<\/span>
\nBlather<\/b> – Impudence. “I\u2019ll have none of your blather.\u201d<\/span>
\nBlatherskite<\/b> – A blustering, noisy, talkative fellow.<\/span>
\nBlazes<\/b> – Euphemism for hell or the devil.<\/span>
\nBlow<\/b> – To taunt; to ridicule. Also means to turn informer on an accomplice.<\/span>
\nBlow Out<\/b> – A feast; also called a tuck out.<\/span>
\nBlue<\/b> – Drunk.<\/span>
\nTo Look Blue At Someone<\/b> – To look at one with displeasure or dissatisfaction.<\/span>
\nBlue Belly<\/b> – A Yankee.<\/span>
\nBlue Devils<\/b> – Dispirited. “I have the blue devils today.\u201d<\/span>
\nBlue John<\/b> – Skimmed Milk<\/span>
\nBlue Lightnin’<\/b> – A six-gun.<\/span>
\nBlue-Skins<\/b> – A nickname applied to the Presbyterians, from their alleged grave deportment.<\/span>
\nBlue Stocking<\/b> – An epithet applied to literary ladies.<\/span>
\nBlusteration<\/b> – The noise of a braggart.<\/span>
\nBoatable<\/b> – Navigable for boats, or small river-craft<\/span>
\nBobbery<\/b> – A squabble, argument.<\/span>
\nBobtail Guard<\/b> – The first cowboy guarding the cattle at night.<\/span>
\nBockey<\/b> – A bowl or vessel made from a gourd.<\/span>
\nBocking<\/b> – \u00a0Cotton or woollen cloth used to cover floors or to protect carpets.<\/span>
\nBodega<\/b><\/a> – Spanish term for a cheap saloon.<\/span>
\nBoggy Top<\/b> – A pie baked without a top crust.<\/span>
\nBog-Trotter<\/b> – One that lives in a boggy country.<\/span>
\nBogus<\/b> – A liquor made of rum and molasses.<\/span>
\nBoil Over<\/b> – A horse that starts bucking.<\/span>
\nBolt<\/b> – To swallow food without chewing<\/span>
\nBonanza<\/b> – The discovery of an exceptionally rich vein of gold or silver.<\/span>
\nBone Orchard<\/b> – Cemetery.<\/span>
\nBoodle <\/b>– A crowd of people.<\/span>
\nBoogered Up<\/b> – Crippled or badly injured.<\/span>
\nBoot-licker<\/b> – The equivalent of an ass-kisser.<\/span>
\nBoom Along<\/b> – A seaman\u2019s term meaning to move rapidly.<\/span>
\nBoot Yard<\/b> – This was a cemetery, especially for those who died with their boots on; also called boothill, bone yard, bone orchard, grave patch.<\/span>
\nBonny <\/b>– Clapper or Bonny-Clabber – An Irish term for sour buttermilk.<\/span>
\nBo-Peep<\/b> – To play at bo-peep. To peep out suddenly from a hiding place, and cry bo! a children’s game.<\/span>
\nBoose<\/b> – Drink liquor.<\/span>
\nBoosy<\/b> – Fuddled or a little intoxicated.<\/span>
\nBoosily<\/b> – Lazily, in a state of intoxication.<\/span>
\nBorn Days<\/b> – All one’s lifetime; since one was born. “In all my born days I never saw a man so big.”<\/span>
\nBosh <\/b>– Nonsense. “It was absolute bosh what he said.”<\/span>
\nBoss<\/b> – The best, top. “The Alhambra Saloon sells the boss whiskey in town.”<\/span>
\nBossy<\/b> – A familiar name applied to a calf.<\/span>
\nBoston Dollar <\/b>– A penny.<\/span>
\nBothahrayshun<\/b> – A bother<\/span>
\nBottom<\/b> – Low land with rich soil.<\/span>
\nBottom-Lands<\/b> – In the Western States, this name was given to the rich flat land on the banks of rivers.<\/span>
\nBottled Courage<\/b> – Whiskey.<\/span>
\nBouncing<\/b> – Large, heavy. “Sally gave birth to a bouncing baby girl.<\/span>
\nBouge<\/b> – To swell out, to bulge.<\/span>
\nBowie-Knife<\/b> – A knife from ten to fifteen inches long and about two inches broad, so named after its inventor, James Bowie.<\/span>
\nBox Herder<\/b> – The person in charge of the “girls” at a brothel or saloon. Their job was to keep the “ladies” in line.<\/span>
\nBrack<\/b> – A breach, a broken part.<\/span>
\nBrain Tablet<\/b> – Cigarette.<\/span>
\nBrand Artist<\/b> – A rustler who alters brands with a running iron.<\/span>
\nBrash<\/b> – Brittle.<\/span>
\nBreachy<\/b> – A term applied to unruly oxen.<\/span>
\nBread Jerker<\/b> – Adam’s apple.<\/span>
\nBrick in One\u2019s Hat<\/b> – To be drunk. That old man\u2019s got one hellofa brick in his hat.<\/span>
\nBrigham Young Cocktail<\/b> – Strong whiskey.<\/span>
\nBrisk Up<\/b> – To come up with life and speed, take an erect or bold attitude.<\/span>
\nBroke in Two<\/b> – A horse bucking.<\/span>
\nBronc Buster <\/b>– A cowboy who could tame wild horses. Contrary to popular thinking, not all cowboys could ride just any horse, though most could ride any broken mount. But the bronc buster, also called a “bonc peeler” and a “bronc breaker,” was a breed apart. These men, with a special type of “horse sense” earned not only the esteem of the other cowboys, but usually better wages.<\/span>
\nBroken Wind<\/b> – A lung infection in horses.<\/span>
\nBroomtail<\/b> – A long, bushy-tailed range mare, usually unbroken. Also called a “broomie.”<\/span>
\nBrother-Chip<\/b> – A fellow-carpenter; in a more general sense, a person of the same trade.<\/span>
\nBrown Study<\/b> – Deep thought; absence of mind. “He is in a brown study.\u201d<\/span>
\nBrown Gargle – <\/b>Coffee.<\/span>
\nBrush<\/b> – A skirmish, or fight.<\/span>
\nBub<\/b> – Brother<\/span>
\n<\/a>Buckaroo<\/b> – A cowboy, usually from the desert country of Oregon, Nevada, California, or Idaho.<\/span>
\nBucket of Blood<\/b> – A violence-prone frontier saloon.<\/span>
\nBucket Shop<\/b> – A gin mill or distillery.<\/span>
\nBucking the Tiger<\/b> – Playing Faro or poker. Also referred to as “twisting the tiger’s tail.”<\/span>
\nBuckle Bunnies<\/b> – Female groupies who follow and befriend rodeo riders.<\/span>
\nBuck Up<\/b><\/a> – Cheer up; chin up.<\/span>
\nBuckle<\/b>-To – Set about any task with energy and a determination.<\/span>
\nBuckra <\/b>– A white man, applied to white men by the blacks of the African coast.<\/span>
\nBuffaloed<\/b> – Confused.<\/span>
\nBuffalo Soldiers<\/b> – Black soldiers of the U.S. army who fought Indians and policed the frontier in the years following the Civil War. The term was derived from the men’s hair which the Indians thought resembled the fur of the buffalo. Not all of the recruits were former slaves; most were free blacks of Northern parentage and many had served with distinction during the Civil War.<\/span>
\nBug Juice<\/b><\/a> – Booze, firewater, whiskey.<\/span>
\nBuild a Loop<\/b> – Shaking out a coil of rope in preparation for roping.<\/span>
\nBull<\/b> – An officer of the law<\/span>
\nBullboat<\/b> – A craft with a willow frame covered by buffalo hide.<\/span>
\nBulldoze<\/b> – To bully, threaten, or coerce.<\/span>
\nBulldozer<\/b> – A big person.<\/span>
\nBull Nurse<\/b> – A cowboy.<\/span>
\nBully<\/b> – Exceptionally good, outstanding. (Used as an exclamation.) “Bully for you!”<\/span>
\nBully For You!<\/b> – Well done, good job, good for you.<\/span>
\nBullwhacker<\/b> – A person who drives a team of oxen, usually walking beside them.<\/span>
\nBumblebee Whiskey – <\/b>Liquor strong enough to “sting.”<\/span>
\nTo Bundle<\/b> – A man and woman lying on the same bed with their clothes on, usually separated by a “bundling board.\u201d The practice was used when there was a scarcity of beds<\/span>
\nBungo <\/b>– A kind of boat used at the South.<\/span>
\nBunk House<\/b> \u2013 A house or cabin\u00a0 the hired cowboys live in.<\/span>
\nBunko Artist<\/b> – A con man.<\/span>
\nBurg<\/b> – A town, rather than the common camps and small settlements.<\/span>
\nBurn the Breeze<\/b> – Ride at full speed.<\/span>
\nBurnt His Fingers<\/b> – When a person has suffered loss by a speculation, he is said to have burnt his fingers.<\/span>
\nBurrow Milk<\/b> – Nonsense.<\/span>
\nBushwhack<\/b> – A cowardly attack or ambush.<\/span>
\nBushwhacker<\/b> – A raw countryman, a green-horn. Also applies to ambushers.<\/span>
\nBuss<\/b> – Kiss.<\/span>
\nButton<\/b> – A young boy.<\/span>
\nBuzzard Bait<\/b> – A worn out horse.<\/span>
\nBuzzard Food<\/b> – Dead.<\/span>
\nBy Hook or Crook<\/b> – To do any way possible.<\/span>
\nBuster<\/b> – Anything large in size or a man of great strength.<\/span>
\nBuster or Bust<\/b> – A frolic, a spree. “They were on a buster, and were taken in by the police.”<\/span>
\nBustle<\/b> – A pad stuffed with cotton or feathers, worn by ladies for the double purpose of giving a greater prominence to the hips, and setting off the smallness of the waist.<\/span>
\nBy The Bye<\/b> – By the way, in passing.<\/span>
\nBy Good Rights<\/b> – By right, by strict justice, entitled. “By good rights Mr. Clay ought to be President of the United States.”<\/span>
\nBy Gum!<\/b> – An inoffensive oath<\/span>
\nBy The Skin Of One’s Teeth<\/b> – When a man has made a narrow escape from any dilemma, barely<\/span><\/p>\n

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Caboodle<\/b> – The whole thing. Also called “kit and caboodle.”<\/span>
\nCaboose<\/b> – A ship’s cooking-range or kitchen.<\/span>
\nCady<\/b> – Hat<\/span>
\nCahoots<\/b> – Partnership, company or band. “Those to are in cahoots together.”<\/span>
\nCalaboose<\/b> – Jail.<\/span>
\nCalamity Jane<\/b> – Obviously the hard-cussing, heavy-drinking frontier woman, but is also a gambling term for the Queen of Spades.<\/span>
\nCalash<\/b> – A covering for the head, usually worn by ladies to protect their head-dresses when going to evening parties, the theatre, etc.<\/span>
\nCalf Slobbers<\/b> – Meringue on the top of pie.<\/span>
\nCalibogus<\/b> – Rum and spruce-beer.<\/span>
\nCalico<\/b> – A paint horse.<\/span>
\nCalico Queen<\/b> – Prostitute.<\/span>
\nCalifornia Collar <\/b>– A hangman’s noose.<\/span>
\nCalifornia Prayer Book<\/b> – Gambling term for a deck of cards.<\/span>
\nCalifornia Widow<\/b> – A woman separated from her husband, but not divorced. (From when pioneer men went West, leaving their wives to follow later.)<\/span>
\nCallin’ <\/b>– Courting.<\/span>
\nCalk<\/b> – Sharp points of iron on horse or ox shoes to prevent their slipping on ice.<\/span>
\nCame Apart<\/b> – A horse bucking.<\/span>
\nCandle-light<\/b> – Dusk. The dance will start at early candle-light.<\/span>
\nCanister<\/b> – Gun<\/span>
\nCanned Cow<\/b> – Canned milk.<\/span>
\nCannon<\/b> – A revolver<\/span>
\nCan Openers – <\/b>Spurs<\/span>
\nCan’t Come It<\/b> – Cannot do it. “You can’t come it over me so.”<\/span>
\nCaporal<\/b> – The ranch foreman or roundup boss.<\/span>
\nCap the Climax<\/b> – To beat all, surpass everything.<\/span>
\nCardinal<\/b> – The name of a woman’s cloak, from the red or scarlet habit worn by cardinals.<\/span>
\nCarryall<\/b> – A four-wheeled pleasure carriage, capable of holding several persons.<\/span>
\nCash In<\/b> – To die.<\/span>
\nCatalogue Woman<\/b> – A mail order bride.<\/span>
\nCatawampous <\/b>–\u00a0 Fiercely, eagerly, awry, cockeyed, crooked, skewed. Also “catawamptiously.”<\/span>
\nCatawamptiously Chawed Up<\/b> – Completely demolished, utterly defeated.<\/span>
\nCatch A Tartar<\/b> – To attack one of superior strength or abilities.<\/span>
\nCatch a Weasel Asleep<\/b> – Referring to something impossible or unlikely, usually used in regard to someone who is always alert and seldom or never caught off guard. “You can\u2019t sneak up on that dude any sooner than you can catch a weasel asleep.”<\/span>
\nCatgut<\/b> – Rawhide rope.<\/span>
\nCattle Baron<\/b> – A cattle owner with numerous herds of stock, welding power and influence in an area.<\/span>
\nCattle Kate<\/b> – A female cattle rustler.<\/span>
\nCats-Paw<\/b> – To be made a cats-paw of. To be made a tool or instrument to accomplish the purpose of another.<\/span>
\nCatstick<\/b> – A bat used by boys in a game at ball<\/span>
\nCatty-Cornered<\/b> – Diagonally across. “The Courthouse is catty-cornered from the drugstore.”<\/span>
\n<\/a>Cavay<\/b>– (see also Remuda) \u2013 A herd of horses on a ranch.<\/span>
\nCavort<\/b> – To frolic or prance about, to be lively, having fun.<\/span>
\nCat Wagon<\/b> – A wagon that carried prostitutes along cattle trails<\/span>
\nCayuse<\/b> – A cowboy’s steed.<\/span>
\nCausey<\/b> – A causeway, or way raised above the natural level<\/span>
\nCavallard<\/b> – Caravans crossing the prairies.<\/span>
\nCaveson<\/b> – A muzzle for a horse.<\/span>
\nCelestial<\/b> – A term used in the West to refer to people of Chinese descent; the word derives from an old name for China, the “Celestial Empire.”<\/span>
\nChalk<\/b> – Not by a long chalk. When a person attempts to effect a particular object, in which he fails, we say, “He can’t do it by a long chalk.”<\/span>
\nChap<\/b> – A boy, lad, a fellow.<\/span>
\nCharivari<\/b> – (Commonly pronounced shevaree.) – A custom of serenading the newly married with noise, including tin horns, bells, pans, kettles, etc. This “serenade” is continued night after night until the party is invited in and handsomely entertained.<\/span>
\nChaw<\/b> – Chew.<\/span>
\nChaw Up<\/b> – To use up, demolish.<\/span>
\nChickabiddy<\/b> – A young chicken. Used also as a term of endearment for children.<\/span>
\nChew – <\/b>Eat<\/span>
\nChew Gravel<\/b> – Thrown from a horse.<\/span>
\nChip<\/b> – The money drawer in a bank.<\/span>
\nChink<\/b> – Money.<\/span>
\nChinking And Daubing<\/b> – The process of filling with clay the interstices between the logs of cabins.<\/span>
\nChirk<\/b> – To make a peculiar noise by placing the tongue against the roof of the mouth, to urge horses on. Also refers to people as cheerful, good spirits, comfortable.<\/span>
\nChisel or Chiseler<\/b> – To cheat or swindle, a cheater.<\/span>
\nChitlins<\/b> – Fragments, small pieces. Also, refers to Chitterlings.<\/span>
\nChitterlings<\/b> – The intestines of a pig that have been prepared as food.<\/span>
\nChock<\/b> – To put a wedge under a thing to prevent its moving.<\/span>
\nChock Up<\/b> – Close, tight, fitting closely together.<\/span>
\nChock-Full or Chuck-Full<\/b> – Entirely full.<\/span>
\nChoke Strap<\/b> – A necktie.<\/span>
\nChoke the Horn<\/b> – To grab the saddle horn, something no cowboy wants to be seen doing.<\/span>
\nChop<\/b> – A Chinese word signifying quality, first introduced to mariners in the China trade. Soon became a common word of seamen applied to fine silks, teas, tobacco, etc.<\/span>
\nChopper<\/b> – The cowboy who cuts out the cattle during a roundup.<\/span>
\nChow<\/b> – Food, dinner.<\/span>
\nChuck <\/b>– Food.<\/span>
\nChuck box<\/b> \u2013 A pantry box attached to a horse drawn chuck wagon.<\/span>
\nChuck wagon \u2013 <\/b>A horse drawn wagon that acts as a mobile kitchen.<\/span>
\nChucklehead<\/b> – A fool.<\/span>
\nChuck <\/b>– Food.<\/span>
\nChuck-Line Rider<\/b> – An unemployed cowboy who rode from ranch to ranch, exchanging a bit of news and gossip for a meal. Also called a “grub-line rider.”<\/span>
\nChuck Wagon Chicken<\/b> – Cowboys humorously used the term for fried bacon.<\/span>
\nChuffy<\/b> – Blunt, surly, clownish.<\/span>
\nChurched<\/b> – Expelled from church.<\/span>
\nChurn Twister<\/b> – A derogatory term for a farmer.<\/span>
\nClaw Leather<\/b> – To grab the saddle horn, something no cowboy wants to be seen doing.<\/span>
\nCivism <\/b>– Love of country, patriotism.<\/span>
\nCivilizee<\/b> – A civilized man, one advanced in civilization. \u00a0<\/b><\/span>
\nClap Or Clap Down<\/b> – To set down or charge to one’s account.<\/span>
\nClap-Trap<\/b> – An artifice for attracting applause, used chiefly in theatrical or political events. Later, applied to someone\u2019s mouth that constantly makes noise.<\/span>
\nClean his\/your plow<\/b> – To get or give a thorough whippin’.<\/span>
\nClean Thing<\/b> – Denotes propriety or what is honorable. “He did the “clean thing” and turned himself in.”<\/span>
\nClip<\/b> – \u00a0A blow or a stroke with the hand. Also refers to running away – to “cut and run.\u201d<\/span>
\nClitchy<\/b> – Clammy, sticky, glutinous.<\/span>
\nClinch Mountain<\/b> – Rye whiskey.<\/span>
\nClodhopper<\/b> – A rustic, a clown.<\/span>
\nClose-Fisted<\/b> – Stingy, mean.<\/span>
\nClothes-Horse<\/b> – A frame-work for hanging clothes on to dry after they have been washed and ironed, in the form of an opening screen.<\/span>
\nClothesline<\/b> – Rope.<\/span>
\nClout<\/b> – A blow or strike, usually with the fist.<\/span>
\nClum<\/b> – Past tense of climb.<\/span>
\nCoal-Hod<\/b> – A kettle for carrying coals to the fire. Also called a coal scuttle.<\/span>
\nCocinero<\/b> – The camp cook – also called “coosie” and “cusie.”<\/span>
\nCocked Hat<\/b> – To knock someone senseless or to shock him completely. Old Joe knocked him into a cocked hat.<\/span>
\nCoffee Boiler<\/b><\/a> – Shirker, lazy person. (Would rather sit around the coffee pot than help.)<\/span>
\nCoffin Varnish<\/b> – Whiskey.<\/span>
\nCoil<\/b> – Rope.<\/span>
\nCookie<\/b> – Ranch or cattle drive cook.<\/span>
\nCold as a Wagon Tire<\/b> – Dead.<\/span>
\nCold Meat Wagon<\/b> – A hearse.<\/span>
\nColors<\/b> – The particles of gold gleaming in a prospector’s gold pan.<\/span>
\nCooling yer heels<\/b> – Staying for a while. “He’ll be cooling his heels in the pokey.”<\/span>
\nCome a Cropper<\/b> – Come to ruin, fail, or fall heavily. “He had big plans to get rich, but it all became a cropper, when the railroad didn’t come through.”<\/span>
\nCompressed Hay<\/b> – Cowchips.<\/span>
\nConniption Fit<\/b> – A fit of hysteria.<\/span>
\nConsumption<\/b> – Tuberculosis.<\/span>
\nContinental<\/b> – The money issued by Congress during the Revolutionary War. It eventually became synonymous with anything worthless.<\/span>
\nConverter – <\/b>A preacher.<\/span>
\nCoon\u2019s Age<\/b> – A long time.<\/span>
\nCoosie<\/b> – The camp cook.<\/span>
\nCoot<\/b><\/a> – An idiot, simpleton, a ninny.<\/span>
\nCopper<\/b> – A copper coin such as the American penny or British.<\/span>
\nCopper a Bet<\/b> – Betting to lose, or being prepared against loss. “I’m just coppering my bets.”<\/span>
\nCopperhead <\/b>– Northern person with Southern, anti-Union sympathies.<\/span>
\nCorduroy Road<\/b> – A road or causeway constructed with logs laid together over swamps or marshy places.<\/span>
\nCorks<\/b> – The steel points fixed under the shoes of horses, in the winter, to prevent them from falling on the ice.<\/span>
\nCorn-Cracker<\/b> – The nickname for a native of Kentucky.<\/span>
\nCorn-Dodger<\/b> – A kind of cake made of Indian corn, and baked very hard.<\/span>
\nCorned <\/b>– Drunk.<\/span>
\nCorn-Juice<\/b> – Whisky.<\/span>
\nCorral Dust<\/b> – Lies and tall tales.<\/span>
\nCottonwood Blossom<\/b> – A man lynched from the limb of a tree.<\/span>
\nCotton To<\/b><\/a> –\u00a0 To take a liking to.<\/span>
\nCountrified<\/b> – Rustic, rude.<\/span>
\nCouldn’t hold a candle to<\/b> – Not even close.\u00a0 “She couldn’t hold a candle to that beauty across the room.”<\/span>
\nCoverlid<\/b> – A bed-quilt, counterpane.<\/span>
\nCowboy Cocktail<\/b> – Straight whiskey.<\/span>
\nCowboy Up<\/b><\/a> – Tuff-up, get back on yer horse, don’t back down, don’t give up, and do the best you can with the hand you’re dealt, give it all you’ve got.<\/span>
\nCow Chip<\/b> – Dried cow manure.<\/span>
\nCow Grease<\/b> – Butter, also called “cow salve.”<\/span>
\nCowhand<\/b> – A cowboy, also called cowpoke, cowprod, and cowpuncher.<\/span>
\nCowhide<\/b> – A particular kind of whip made of raw hide; it is also called a raw-hide. Term also refers to flogging with a cowhide – “to cowhide.\u201d<\/span>
\nCow Juice<\/b> – Milk<\/span>
\nCow-Lease<\/b> – A right of pasturage for a cow, in a common pasture.<\/span>
\nCowpunching<\/b> – Driving the cattle to market.<\/span>
\nCow Sense<\/b> – Intelligence.<\/span>
\nCow Wood <\/b>– Cowchips.<\/span>
\nCrack<\/b> – Most famous, best.<\/span>
\nCracked<\/b> – Crazy.<\/span>
\nCracker<\/b> – A small hard biscuit.<\/span>
\nCracker<\/b> – A poor white person of the South, named after the crackling whips used by rural Southerners.<\/span>
\nCrackerbox<\/b> – A rodeo rider’s term for a bronc saddle.<\/span>
\nCracklings<\/b> – Cinders, the remains of a wood fire<\/span>
\nCrack Up<\/b> – To brag or boast.<\/span>
\nCradle-Scythe<\/b> – Called also simply cradle. A common scythe with a light frame-work, used for cutting grain instead of the sickle.<\/span>
\nCrambo<\/b> – A diversion in which one gives a word, to which another finds a rhyme. If the same word is repeated, a forfeit is demanded. It also refers to drinking.<\/span>
\nCrash<\/b> – A coarse kind of linen cloth used for towels.<\/span>
\nCrawl His Hump<\/b> – To start a fight.<\/span>
\nCrazy as a Loon<\/b> – Very crazy.<\/span>
\nCreepmouse<\/b> – A term of endearment to babies.<\/span>
\nCrimany<\/b> – Exclamation of surprise.<\/span>
\nCritter<\/b> – Creature, varmint. Sometimes used to describe a contemptible person.<\/span>
\nCroaker<\/b> – Pessimist, doomsayer. “Don’t be such an old croaker.”<\/span>
\nCrock<\/b> – The black of a pot; smut, the dust of soot or coal.<\/span>
\nCrocky<\/b> – Smutty.<\/span>
\nCrooked As A Virginia Fence<\/b> – A phrase applied to anything very crooked; and figuratively to persons of a stubborn temperament.<\/span>
\nCross-Grained<\/b> – Perverse, troublesome.<\/span>
\nCross-Patch<\/b> – An ill-tempered person.<\/span>
\nCrotchety<\/b> – Whimsical; fanciful.<\/span>
\nCrotchical<\/b> – Cross, perverse, peevish.<\/span>
\nCrowbait<\/b><\/a> – Derogatory term for a poor-quality horse.<\/span>
\nCrowbar Hotel – <\/b>Jail.<\/span>
\nCruller<\/b> – A cake made of a strip of sweetened dough, boiled in lard, the two ends of which are twisted or curled together.<\/span>
\nCrumb Castle<\/b> – A chuckwagon.<\/span>
\nCrumb Incubator <\/b>– A cowboy’s bed.<\/span>
\nCrummy –<\/b> The caboose of a railroad train.<\/span>
\nCrusty<\/b> – Sturdy, morose, snappish.<\/span>
\nCubby-Hole or Cubby-House<\/b> – A snug place for a child. Later, also used to denote any small space.<\/span>
\nCurly Wolf<\/b><\/a>– Real tough guy, dangerous man. “Ol’ Bill is a regular curly wolf, especially when he’s drinkin’ whiskey.”<\/span>
\nCurmudgeon<\/b> – An avaricious, churlish fellow, a miser.<\/span>
\nCurry Favor<\/b> – To seek or gain favor by flattery, caresses, kindness.<\/span>
\nCurry the Kinks Out<\/b> – To break a horse.<\/span>
\nCush<\/b> – Sweet fried cornmeal cake. Also called “cushie.”<\/span>
\nCuss Words<\/b> – The swear words back then are pretty much the same as they are now, though they were not used as prevalently back then.\u00a0 Profanity was frowned upon by polite society and old west cowboys rarely would swear in front of a lady.<\/span>
\nCut A Caper <\/b>– The act of dancing in a frolicksome manner<\/span>
\nCut a Dash or Cut a Swathe<\/b> – Make a great show; to make a figure.<\/span>
\nCut A Figure<\/b> – To make an appearance, either good or bad.<\/span>
\nCut And Come Again<\/b> – Implying that having cut as much as you pleased, you may come again; in other words, plenty; no lack; always a supply<\/span>
\nCut And Dried<\/b> – Ready made.<\/span>
\nCut And Run<\/b> – To be off, to be gone.<\/span>
\nCut Didoes<\/b> – To get into mischief, frolicksome.<\/span>
\nCut Dirt<\/b> – To run; to go fast.<\/span>
\nCut a Path<\/b> – Leave, go.\u00a0 Are you ready to cut a path out of here?<\/span>
\nCut a Rusty<\/b> – To go courtin’.<\/span>
\nCut A Swell<\/b>– Present a fine figure. “He sure is cutting a swell with the ladies.”<\/span>
\nCut His Suspenders<\/b> – A departed cowboy.<\/span>
\nCut Of His Jib<\/b> – The form of his profile. “I knew him by the cut of his jib.”<\/span>
\nCutting Horse<\/b> – A horse with the ability to cut cows out of a herd.<\/span>
\nCut Up <\/b>– To criticize with severity; as, “he was severely cut up in the newspapers.\u201d<\/span>
\nCut Up Shines<\/b> – To cut capers, play tricks.<\/span>
\nCut Stick <\/b>– To be off, to leave immediately and quickly.<\/span>
\nCutter<\/b> – A one horse sleigh.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dab Or Dabster<\/b> – One who is expert in anything, a proficient.<\/span>
\nDaisy<\/b> – Good; excellent.<\/span>
\nDander<\/b> – Passion, emotion, anger. “Her eyes blazed giving evidence to how he quickly he could get her dander up.\u201d<\/span>
\nDang<\/b> – Euphemism for damn.<\/span>
\nDangler<\/b> – An express train.<\/span>
\nDash<\/b> – Euphemism for damn.<\/span>
\nDead-Alive<\/b> – Dull, inactive, moping.<\/span>
\nDead As A Door Nail<\/b> – Utterly, completely dead.<\/span>
\nDeadening<\/b> – When new areas were settled in the west, “clearings\u201d were made by cutting down the trees. Others were “girdled,\u201d or When the majority of trees are deadened, the clearing was called a deadening.<\/span>
\nDead Man’s Hand – <\/b>A poker hand consisting of a pair of aces and a pair of eights. Traditionally, Wild Bill Hickok was holding this hand when he was shot dead by Jack McCall. Some sources dispute the hand, saying that it really contained two jacks, not aces and two eights.<\/span>
\nDead Meat<\/b> – A corpse.<\/span>
\nDeadshot<\/b> – Strong liquor.<\/span>
\nDeath On<\/b> – Very fond of or very talented at. He made a “death on” speech at last night\u2019s meeting.<\/span>
\nDeef <\/b>– Deaf.<\/span>
\nDemijohn<\/b> – A glass vessel or bottle, with a large body and small neck, protected and strengthened by a covering of wicker-work.<\/span>
\nDesert Canary<\/b> – A burro.<\/span>
\nDeuce<\/b> – A euphemism for devil.<\/span>
\nDevil<\/b> – An expletive, expressing wonder or vexation, sometimes used as a term for mischief.<\/span>
\nDevilish<\/b> – Atrocious, enormous, excessively, exceedingly<\/span>
\nDevil’s Addition<\/b> – Red Light District.<\/span>
\nDeviltry<\/b> – Mischief, devilry.<\/span>
\nDice House<\/b> – Bunkhouse.<\/span>
\nDickens<\/b> – Euphemism for devil, overmuch, a lot – a word most often used in explanations of confusion or pain; “the dickens you say,” or “it hurt like the dickens.”<\/span>
\nDicker<\/b> – Barter, trade.<\/span>
\nDidn’t Have a Tail Feather Left<\/b> – Broke<\/span>
\nDie-up<\/b> – The deaths of several cattle from exposure, disease, starvation, or other widespread catastrophe.<\/span>
\nDifficulted<\/b> – Perplexed.<\/span>
\nDiggers<\/b> – Spurs.<\/span>
\nDiggings<\/b> – One\u2019s home, lodgings, or community.\u00a0 Also commonly referred to prospector\u2019s mining claims.<\/span>
\nDilly-Dally<\/b> – To delay.<\/span>
\nDing<\/b> – Beat, bang, used tedious repetition, as, “Why do you keep dinging that in my ears?\u201d<\/span>
\nDing or Dinged<\/b> – Excessively, very. “It is so ding hot out here.\u201d<\/span>
\nDipping<\/b> – Chewing snuff.<\/span>
\nDip Snuff<\/b> – A manner of using tobacco, generally by wetting a small stick and dipping it into snuff (tobacco) and placing in the mouth. Sometimes tied in a small bag to chew it.<\/span>
\nDirectly<\/b> – Soon. “She’ll be down, directly.”<\/span>
\nDirk<\/b> – A dagger, dirking would refer to stabbing with a dagger.<\/span>
\nDinero<\/b> – From the Spanish, a word for money.<\/span>
\nDish<\/b> – To ruin, to frustrate. “He dished us too.\u201d<\/span>
\nDisremember<\/b> – Forget or choose to forget.<\/span>
\nDitched<\/b> – Arrested.<\/span>
\nDitty<\/b> – A which-i-ma-call-it.<\/span>
\nDive<\/b> – Bunkhouse.<\/span>
\nDocity<\/b> – Quick comprehension, usually used in a negative way. “He has no docity.\u201d<\/span>
\nDoctor<\/b> – The cook on board a ship, so called by seamen.<\/span>
\nDog Cheap<\/b> – Anything exceedingly cheap.<\/span>
\nDoggery<\/b> – A cheap saloon.<\/span>
\nDoggie<\/b> – An orphaned calf or small calf; by extension, any cattle.<\/span>
\nDog House<\/b> – Bunkhouse.<\/span>
\nDogs<\/b> – To go to the dogs. destruction, ruined, destroyed. “She has let that house go to the dogs.\u201d<\/span>
\nDog Soldiers<\/b> – Part of the warrior society of some plains Indian tribes.<\/span>
\nDoings<\/b> – Cooked food, also called fixins.<\/span>
\nDone Brown<\/b> – Thoroughly, effectually cheated or bamboozled.<\/span>
\nDone Up<\/b> – Ruined by gambling or extravagance<\/span>
\nDon’t Care a Continental<\/b> – Don’t give a damn.<\/span>
\nDon’t Get Your Dander Up<\/b> – Anxious; excited.<\/span>
\nDough Belly<\/b> – The cook.<\/span>
\nDough Boxer<\/b> \u2013 A chuck wagon cook, or\u00a0 a cowboy cook<\/span>
\nDoughgods<\/b> – Biscuits.<\/span>
\nDough Boxer<\/b> – The camp cook.<\/span>
\nDough Puncher<\/b> – The camp cook.<\/span>
\nDough Wrangler<\/b> – the Camp cook, also called “Dough Puncher.”<\/span>
\nDouse-the-Lights<\/b> – \u00a0Lights out. Time to hit the hay.<\/span>
\nDowd<\/b> – A woman’s night-cap.<\/span>
\nDown In The Mouth<\/b> – Dispirited, dejected, disheartened<\/span>
\nDown to the Blanket<\/b> – Almost broke.<\/span>
\nDoxology Works<\/b><\/a> – A church<\/span>
\nDraft \u2013 <\/b>A large horse used for pulling farm equipment or wagons..<\/span>
\nDrabble<\/b> – To make dirty by dragging in dirt and water, to wet and befoul, as, to drabble a gown or cloak.<\/span>
\nDragged Out<\/b> – Fatigued, exhausted, worn out.<\/span>
\nDram Shop<\/b> – A small drinking establishment, used in the early 19th century.<\/span>
\nDrat or Dratted<\/b> – A good-humored oath meaning very, exceedingly.<\/span>
\nDraw<\/b> – Drawing your gun “border style” consisted of pulling your pistol, worn backward in the holster, by putting your arm across the front of your body. This fancy stuff was popular down around the Mexican border.<\/span>
\nDraw Cuts<\/b> – A common way of deciding by lots, by drawing paper or straws.<\/span>
\nDreadful<\/b> – Very, a lot, exceedingly.\u00a0 “He’s just got a dreadful amount of money.”<\/span>
\nDreambook<\/b> – A small packet of papers used to roll cigarettes. Also called a “prayer book” or a “bible.”<\/span>
\nDriving the Nail<\/b> –\u00a0 A sport consisting of attempts to drive a nail into a post with rifle or pistol fire.<\/span>
\nDroger<\/b> – Lumber droger, cotton droger, etc. A vessel built solely for burden, for transporting cotton, lumber, and other heavy articles.<\/span>
\nDrumming<\/b> – Soliciting of customers in a retail establishment, such as “can I help you find something?\u201d<\/span>
\nDry Gulch<\/b> – To ambush someone, especially when the ambusher hides in a gully or gulch near a road and jumps the passersby.<\/span>
\nDucky<\/b> –\u00a0 Used in early century as term of endearment.<\/span>
\nDude<\/b> – Commonly, the term applied to an Easterner, or anyone in up-scale town clothes, rather than plain range-riding or work clothes. However, the term began as an insult, as cowboys first used the word to mean a pimple or boil on someone’s backside, caused by riding in the saddle all day when one wasn’t used to it. Hence, the cowboys called those “wanna-be” wrangers “dudes.”<\/span>
\nDug-Out<\/b> – A canoe or boat, hewn or dug out of a large log.<\/span>
\nDull Music<\/b> – A term applied to anything tedious.<\/span>
\nDump<\/b> – Jail or boarding house.<\/span>
\nDumpish<\/b> – Sad, melancholy<\/span>
\nDun<\/b> – To dun is to urge for payment, to demand a debt in a pressing manner<\/span>
\nDunderhead<\/b> – Blockhead, dolt.<\/span>
\nDusted<\/b> – Thrown from a horse.<\/span>
\nDutch Oven<\/b> \u2013 A cast iron cooking pot.\u00a0 Hot coals are placed under and over the pot, creating an outdoor oven.<\/span>
\nDynamite<\/b> – Whiskey.<\/span>
\nDyed In The Wool<\/b> – Ingrained, thorough.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Eagle<\/b> – A gold ten dollar coin.<\/span>
\nEars<\/b> – To be by the ears, denotes being in a quarrel or fight.<\/span>
\nEatin Irons<\/b> – Silverware.<\/span>
\nE’en A’most<\/b> – Almost.<\/span>
\nel<\/b> – The who<\/span>
\nElephant<\/b> – Short for ‘to see the elephant’; to go to town, or to see the world, usually for the first time.<\/span>
\nEqualizer<\/b> – A pistol.<\/span>
\nEucher, euchered<\/b><\/a> – To out-smart someone, to be outwitted or suckered into something.<\/span>
\nEventuate<\/b> – To issue, come to an end, close, terminate.<\/span>
\nExcuse-me-ma’am<\/b> – A bump in the road.<\/span>
\nExfluncticate<\/b> – To utterly destroy.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fag<\/b> – In cowboy talk, to get out fast.<\/span>
\nFagged Out<\/b> – Fatigued, worn out.<\/span>
\nFair to Middlin’<\/b> – Feeling pretty good.<\/span>
\nFair Shake<\/b> – A fair trade, a satisfactory bargain or exchange.<\/span>
\nFalutin<\/b> – See High-Falutin<\/span>
\nFamily Disturbance<\/b> – Whiskey<\/span>
\nFandango<\/b> – From the Spanish, a big party with lots of dancing and excitement.<\/span>
\nFaro<\/b> – A card game that took its name from faroon<\/i>, a derivative of pharaon<\/i> (pharoah.) The Pharoah was the king of hearts in a regular deck of cards. Players bet on the order in which cards would be drawn from a box.<\/span>
\nFat In The Fire<\/b> – To have one’s plans frustrated. “If I don\u2019t get this job completed, the fat\u2019s going to be in the fire.\u201d<\/span>
\nFeeze<\/b> – To be in a feeze is to be in a state of excitement.<\/span>
\nFeller<\/b> – Fellow. “That big feller over there is the sheriff.”<\/span>
\nFetch<\/b> – Bring, give. “Fetch me that hammer.” “He fetched him a punch in the nose.”<\/span>
\nFetch Up<\/b> – Stop suddenly.<\/span>
\nFice<\/b> – A worthless dog, mongrel. Also referred to as fiste and tyst.<\/span>
\nFid Of Tobacco<\/b> – A chew, or quid of tobacco.<\/span>
\nFiddle<\/b> – A horse’s head.<\/span>
\nFiddle Faddle<\/b> – Trifling discourse, nonsense<\/span>
\nFight like Kilkenny Cats<\/b> – Fight like hell.<\/span>
\nFill a Blanket<\/b> – Roll a cigarette.<\/span>
\nFind One’s Self<\/b> – To provide for one’s self through labor and wages.<\/span>
\nFine as cream gravy<\/b> – Very good, top notch.<\/span>
\nFinefied<\/b> – Made fine, dandified.<\/span>
\nFinical<\/b> – Nice, foppish, pretending to superfluous elegance.–Johnson.<\/span>
\nFire-New<\/b> – Brand new.<\/span>
\nFirewater <\/b>– Liquor<\/span>
\nFirst-Swathe<\/b> – First quality.<\/span>
\nFish<\/b> – A cowboy’s rain slicker, from a rain gear manufacturer whose trademark was a fish logo. “We told him it looked like rain, but left his fish in the wagon anyhow.”<\/span>
\nFish or Cut Bait<\/b> – Do it or quit talking about it.<\/span>
\nFit <\/b>– Often used instead of “fought.\u201d<\/span>
\nFit<\/b> – A short return after intermission, a turn, a period or interval. “I almost lost my crops after that fit of cold weather.\u201d<\/span>
\nFits And Starts<\/b> – At short and sudden intervals interruptedly.<\/span>
\nFive Beans in the Wheel<\/b> – Five cartridges in the six chambers of a rvolver. Westerners often left the chamber under the hammer empty for safety reason.<\/span>
\nFix<\/b> – A condition, predicament, dilemma.<\/span>
\nFix One’s Flint<\/b> – To settle, to do for, to dish.<\/span>
\nFixin’<\/b><\/a> – Intending. “I’m fixin’ to get supper started.”<\/span>
\nFixings or Fixins’<\/b> – Cooked food, also called “Doings.” Arrangements, embellishments, trimmings, garnishings.The term was also used for the tobacco and paper needed to roll cigarettes.<\/span>
\nFix One\u2019s Flint <\/b>– To settle a matter.<\/span>
\nFlack<\/b> – Sales talk, advertising, exaggeration.<\/span>
\nFlannel Mouth<\/b><\/a> – An overly smooth or fancy talker, especially politicians or salesmen. “I swear that man is a flannel-mouthed liar.”<\/span>
\nFlap-Jack<\/b> – A fried cake, pancake, fritter.<\/span>
\nFlat<\/b> – A foolish fellow, a simpleton. Also refers to a flat-bottomed boat.<\/span>
\nFlats<\/b> – Low lands, valley<\/span>
\nFlat Out<\/b> – To collapse, to prove a failure.<\/span>
\nFlea-Trap<\/b> – Cowboy’s bedroll.<\/span>
\nFlinders<\/b> – Shreds, splinters, broken pieces<\/span>
\nFling<\/b> – A sneer or contemptuous remark<\/span>
\nFlitter<\/b> – A corruption of the word fritter, a pancake.<\/span>
\nFlummux<\/b> – Perplex, embarrass, put to a stand.<\/span>
\nFlunk Out<\/b> – To retire through fear, to back out.<\/span>
\nFlusteration <\/b>– Heat, hurry, confusion<\/span>
\nFob Off<\/b> – To delude by a trick.<\/span>
\nFogy<\/b> – A stupid fellow, as, “He is an old fogy.\u201d<\/span>
\nFolded Up<\/b> – A horse bucking.<\/span>
\nFore-Handed<\/b> – To be in good circumstances, to be comfortably off.<\/span>
\nFork a Hoss<\/b> – To ride a horse.<\/span>
\nFornent<\/b> – Opposite to.<\/span>
\nForted In<\/b> – Intrenched in a fort.<\/span>
\nForty Rod<\/b> – Liquor.<\/span>
\nFour-flusher<\/b><\/a> – A cheat, swindler, liar.<\/span>
\nFox Boots<\/b> – To fox boots is to repair them by adding new soles or leather.<\/span>
\nFree-Soilers<\/b><\/a> – People opposed to the extension of slavery. The name came from the Free-Soil Party, which existed from 1848 to 1854.<\/span>
\nFrench Leave<\/b> – To depart without taking leave, to run away.<\/span>
\nFrench Pox<\/b> – Syphilis.<\/span>
\nFreshet<\/b> – A flood or overflowing of a river due to heavy rains or melted snow.<\/span>
\nFrolic<\/b> – A celebration, party or a wild time. Also sometimes used to instead of “fight.\u201d<\/span>
\nFrump<\/b> – To mock, to insult.<\/span>
\nFuddled<\/b> – Tipsy, drunk.<\/span>
\nFudge<\/b> – An expression of contempt, usually bestowed on absurd or talking idlers.<\/span>
\nFuffy<\/b> – Light, puffy, soft.<\/span>
\nFull as a Tick<\/b><\/a> – Very drunk.<\/span>
\nFull Chisel or Full Drive <\/b>– At full speed, executed with everything you’ve got.<\/span>
\nFull-Rigged<\/b> – A saddle that is completely leather-covered.<\/span>
\nFull Split<\/b> – With the greatest violence and impetuosity<\/span>
\nFunkify<\/b> – To frighten, to alarm.<\/span>
\nFuss<\/b> – Disturbance. “They had a little fuss at the saloon.”<\/span>
\nFussed Dark<\/b> – Twilight<\/span><\/p>\n

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Gad – <\/b>Spur.<\/span>
\nGadabout<\/b> – One who walks about without business<\/span>
\nGaff <\/b>– To spur a horse.<\/span>
\nGal-Boy<\/b> – A romping girl or tomboy.<\/span>
\nGallnipper<\/b> – A large mosquito.<\/span>
\nGallowses<\/b> – Suspenders, braces.<\/span>
\nGalvanized Yankees<\/b> – Former Confederate soldiers who served in the U.S. Army in the West following the Civil War.<\/span>
\nGame Leg<\/b> – A lame leg.<\/span>
\nGammon<\/b> – Humbug, deceit, lies.<\/span>
\nGat<\/b> – A gate or passage.<\/span>
\nGay Cat<\/b>\u00a0– One who cases banks and towns for future jobs<\/span>
\nGee<\/b> – A term used by teamsters to their horses and oxen, when they wish them to go faster. “To Gee\u201d means to agree.<\/span>
\nGelding<\/b> \u2013 A castrated male horse<\/span>
\nGeneral Treat<\/b> – A general treat is a treat of a glass of liquor bought by one person in a tavern to the whole company present. Buying a round of drinks.<\/span>
\nGerrymandering<\/b> – To arrange the political divisions, so that in an election, one party may obtain an advantage over its opponent, even though the latter may possess a majority of the votes in the State.<\/span>
\nGet a Wiggle On<\/b> – Hurry.<\/span>
\nGet Gaited<\/b> – Get going in a hurry. Gait refers to the rate a horse moves, which is far faster, so “get going.”<\/span>
\nGet it in the Neck<\/b> – Get cheated, misled, bamboozled.<\/span>
\nGet my\/your back up<\/b> – To get angry. “Don’t get your back up, he was only joking.”<\/span>
\nGet Shed of <\/b>– Get rid of.<\/span>
\nGet the Mitten<\/b><\/a> <\/b>– To be rejected by a lover. “Looks like Blossom gave poor Buck the mitten.”<\/span>
\nGet The Wrong Pig By The Tail<\/b> – To make a mistake in selecting a person for any purpose. “I got the wrong pig by the tail in debating with that particular man.\u201d<\/span>
\nG’hal<\/b> – A rowdy girl, reveler or ruffian girl.<\/span>
\nGig<\/b> – Spur a horse.<\/span>
\nGinnin’ About<\/b> – Moving around fast.<\/span>
\nGirls of the Line<\/b> – Prostitutes.<\/span>
\nGitty-up<\/b> – Go, Move. A term used to get the horse to start moving.<\/span>
\nGive Him Jessy<\/b> – To give a flogging.<\/span>
\nGive the Mitten<\/b> – When a lady turns down a man\u2019s proposal or discards him.<\/span>
\nGlut<\/b> – A wooden wedge.<\/span>
\nThe Go<\/b> – The mode, the fashion. “This is all the go.\u201d’<\/span>
\nGo It Strong<\/b> – To perform an act with vigor or without scruple.<\/span>
\nGoat Meat<\/b> – Venison killed out of season.<\/span>
\nGo Boil Your Shirt<\/b> – Take a hike, get lost, bug off.<\/span>
\nGo Heeled<\/b> – To carry a six-shooter, also “packing iron.”<\/span>
\nGoings On<\/b> – Behavior, actions, conduct.<\/span>
\nGone Coon<\/b> – A goner, past recover, a lost man. Also called a gone sucker and a Gone Goose.<\/span>
\nGone Goslin<\/b> – Done for, doomed.<\/span>
\nGone Up the Flume<\/b> – Yield, lost, dead.<\/span>
\nGoney<\/b> – A stupid fellow.<\/span>
\nGospel Mill<\/b> – A church.<\/span>
\nGospel Sharp<\/b> – A preacher.<\/span>
\nGotham<\/b> – New York City.<\/span>
\nGo the Big Figure or Whole Figure<\/b> – To go to the fullest extent in the attainment of any object, do things on a large scale.<\/span>
\nGot the Bulge<\/b> – Have the advantage. “We’ll get the bulge on him, and take his gun away.”<\/span>
\nGo the Whole Hog<\/b> – Out and out in favor of anything. A softened form of the phrase is to go the entire animal.<\/span>
\nGo Through The Mill<\/b> – A metaphor alluding to grain which has been through the mill.<\/span>
\nGrab a Root<\/b> – Eat a meal, especially a potato.<\/span>
\nGrab the Apple<\/b> – Taking hold of the saddle horn to avoid falling off. Also called “grab the nubbin.” In either case, this was not something a self-respecting cowboy wanted to be caught doing.<\/span>
\nGrail<\/b> – Small particles of any kind.<\/span>
\nGranger<\/b> – A derogatory term for farmer.<\/span>
\nGrassed<\/b> – To be thrown from a horse.<\/span>
\nGrass Widow<\/b><\/a> – A divorcee.<\/span>
\nGreatle<\/b> – A great while.<\/span>
\nGreased Lightning<\/b> – Anything very fast.<\/span>
\nGreasy Belly<\/b> – The camp cook.<\/span>
\nGreenhorn<\/b> – An easterner innocent of cowboy ways. Also referred to as greeners, green peas, and tenderfoots.<\/span>
\nGreens<\/b> – Leaves and green vegetables used for food.<\/span>
\nGringo<\/b> – A derogatory word for Anglos. One source claims it comes from a shortening of the title of a popular song during the Mexican War: “Green Grow the Lilacs.”<\/span>
\nGrist<\/b> – A quantity or bunch. “There\u2019s been a mighty grist of rain lately.\u201d<\/span>
\nGritty<\/b> – Courageous, spirited.<\/span>
\nGrocery<\/b> – A bar or saloon.<\/span>
\nGrog<\/b> \u2013 To seamen, gin and water, or any spirit and water.<\/span>
\nGroggery<\/b> – A bar or saloon.<\/span>
\nGrowlers<\/b> – Buckets, cans, or pitchers carried by apprentices or children to the saloon to be filled with beer and returned to the workplace during the day. They were called “growlers” because of the grating noise when slid across the bar. Fetching the beer from the saloon in a growler was called rushing the growler<\/i>, working the growler<\/i>, or chasing the can<\/i>.<\/span>
\nGrub Pile<\/b> – Referring to a meal or to the chuckwagon.<\/span>
\nGrub Slinger<\/b> – The cook; also referred to as grub spoiler or grubworm.<\/span>
\nGrubstake<\/b> – To provide the materials a prospector needs, including food and money, in return for a percentage of any claim that the prospector might find.<\/span>
\nGrum<\/b> – Surly; gloomy; glum.<\/span>
\nGrunter<\/b> – A hog.<\/span>
\nG.T.T<\/b>. – Gone To Texas. A common expression in use following the Civil War. People would find the letters G.T.T. carved into their doors, left by a kin. Many outlaws went to Texas.<\/span>
\nGull<\/b> – A cheat, fraud or trick. Also, refers to a stupid animal or person, one easily cheated.<\/span>
\nGully Washer <\/b>– A hard rain.<\/span>
\nGummy! – <\/b>An exclamation.<\/span>
\nGump<\/b> – A foolish person, a dolt.<\/span>
\nGuttersnipe<\/b> – A homeless child who roamed and slept in the streets.<\/span>
\nGut Hooks<\/b> – Spurs, also called gut lancers.<\/span>
\nGut Line<\/b> – Rawhide rope.<\/span>
\nGut Warmer <\/b>– Whiskey.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hack<\/b> – A hackney coach.<\/span>
\nHaint<\/b> – Have not.<\/span>
\nHair Case<\/b> – Hat.<\/span>
\nHair in the Butter<\/b> – A delicate situation.<\/span>
\nHair Pants<\/b> – Chaps made from a hair-covered hide.<\/span>
\nHalf Seas Over<\/b> – A sailor\u2019s expression for intoxicated, drunk.<\/span>
\nHalloo or Hallow<\/b> – Shout, hoot, to cry out loudly.<\/span>
\nHammer And Tongs<\/b> – In a noisy, furious manner. “They went at it hammer and tongs.\u201d<\/span>
\nHand And Glove<\/b> – Intimate, familiar, closely united as a hand and its glove.<\/span>
\nHand Runnin’<\/b> – Consecutively.<\/span>
\nHanger-On<\/b> – A dependant, one who eats and drinks without payment.<\/span>
\nHang Fire<\/b> – Delay.<\/span>
\nHang Up One\u2019s Fiddle<\/b> – To give up. The opposite would be to “hang on to one\u2019s fiddle.\u201d<\/span>
\nHanker or Hankering<\/b> – To have an incessant wish, strong desire, longing.<\/span>
\nHappifying<\/b> – Making happy.<\/span>
\nHard Case<\/b><\/a> – Worthless, bad, unpleasant, – often referring to a person.<\/span>
\nHardfisted<\/b> – Covetous, close-handed, miserly.<\/span>
\nHard Money<\/b> – A common term for silver and gold, rather than paper money.<\/span>
\nHard Pushed or Hard Run<\/b> – Hard pressed, to be in a difficulty, short of cash.<\/span>
\nHard Row To Hoe<\/b> – A metaphor derived from hoeing corn, meaning a difficult matter or job to accomplish.<\/span>
\nHarum-Scarum<\/b> – A negative term applied to flighty persons or persons always in a hurry.<\/span>
\nHash <\/b>– To settle one’s business.<\/span>
\nHave a Mind To<\/b> – To have a notion, to be willing.<\/span>
\nHay Baler<\/b> – A horse, also called hay burner.<\/span>
\nHay Seed<\/b> – Deragatory term for a farmer, also called hay shaker.<\/span>
\nHaze<\/b> – To haze round, is to go rioting about.<\/span>
\nHead-Cheese<\/b> – The ears and feet of swine cut up fine, boiled, and pressed into the form of a cheese.<\/span>
\nHeap<\/b> – A lot, many, a great deal. “He went through a heap of trouble to get her that piano.” Also refers to a crowd, a throng, a rabble.<\/span>
\nHearn<\/b> – Heard.<\/span>
\nHear Tell<\/b> – To hear a report of, to hear of.<\/span>
\nHearty As A Buck<\/b> – Very well, healthy, hearty. A hunter’s phrase.<\/span>
\nHeave In Sight<\/b> – To come in sight, to appear. A nautical phrase that originated with approaching vessels which appeared to raise or heave itself above the horizon.<\/span>
\nHeeled<\/b> – To be armed with a gun. “He wanted to fight me, but I told him I was not heeled.”<\/span>
\nHeft<\/b> – Weight, ponderousness.<\/span>
\nHellabaloo<\/b> – Riotous noise, confusion.<\/span>
\nHell-fired<\/b> – Very, great, immensely; used for emphasis. He is just too hell-fired lazy to get any work done around here. Also “all-fired\u201d and “jo-fired.”<\/span>
\nHell Rousers<\/b> – Spurs.<\/span>
\nHelter-Skelter<\/b> – In a hurry, without order, tumultuously.<\/span>
\nHemp<\/b> – Cowboy talk for rope; in verb form to hang someone. Hemp fever was a morbidly jocular term for a hanging. Hemp party (also string party) meant the same. A hemp committee was a group of vigilantes or a lynch mob (depending on your point of view) and a hemp necktie was the rope they did the deed with. Coined because cowboys used ropes made of Manila hem.<\/span>
\nHen Skins<\/b> – A cowboy’s bedroll<\/span>
\nHere’s how!<\/b> – A toast, such as Here’s to your health.<\/span>
\nHern<\/b> – Hers.<\/span>
\nHide<\/b> – To beat, spank. “When I was a boy, I got plenty of hidings.<\/span>
\nHifer<\/b> – Loiter.<\/span>
\nHiggle<\/b> – To chaffer, bargain, haggle.<\/span>
\nHiggledy-Piggledy<\/b> – In confusion.<\/span>
\nHigh Binder <\/b>– A dangerous and vicious man or horse.<\/span>
\nHigh-Falutin<\/b> – Highbrow, fancy, self-important, pompous. The origin is the Dutch word verlooten, meaning stilted.<\/span>
\nHigh-Grader<\/b><\/a> – In the mining camps of the Old West, a high-grader was a man who stole any big nuggets which he saw in the sluice boxes.<\/span>
\nHigh Tail<\/b> – To leave or ride off quickly.<\/span>
\nHill of Beans<\/b> – Slang for something of trifling value, as in “it ain\u2019t worth a hill of beans.\u201d<\/span>
\nHindsite First<\/b> – Backwards.<\/span>
\nHisn<\/b> – His or his own.<\/span>
\nHitch<\/b> – A difficulty, an impediment.<\/span>
\nTo Hitch<\/b> – To agree, to get along amicably.<\/span>
\nHitched<\/b><\/a> – Got married.<\/span>
\nHitch in the Giddy-up<\/b> – Not feeling well, as in: “I’ve had a hitch in my giddy-up the last couple days.”<\/span>
\nHither And Yon<\/b> – Here and there.<\/span>
\nHit pay dirt<\/b> – Mining term. To find something of value.<\/span>
\nHits the Flat<\/b> – Go out on the prairie.<\/span>
\nHobble your lip<\/b><\/a> – Shut up.<\/span>
\nHog at the Trough<\/b> – Superior, outstanding, a leader<\/span>
\nHohokams<\/b> – Means “vanished ones” in the Pima Indian language. The Hohokam Indians most likely became the Pima and Papago tribes.<\/span>
\nHo<\/b> – A word used by teamsters to stop their teams.<\/span>
\nHobble<\/b> – A scrape, a state of perplexity<\/span>
\nHo Down<\/b><\/a> <\/b>– A party or celebration<\/span>
\nHog-Killin Time<\/b><\/a> – This a “what I mean” very good time!<\/span>
\nHog-Wallow<\/b> – On some of the Western prairies, the ground has every appearance of having been rooted or torn up by hogs, when it is very rough, hence the name<\/span>
\nHog Ranch<\/b> – A brothel and saloon that was often located near a military fort.<\/span>
\nHoity-Toity<\/b> – An exclamation denoting surprise or disapprobation, with some degree of contempt.<\/span>
\nHold a Candle to<\/b> – Measure up, compare to.<\/span>
\nHold Your Horses <\/b>– Stay calm. “Hold your horses, we’re on our way.”<\/span>
\nHold Up<\/b> – In referring to weather, it means to clear up, stop raining, etc.<\/span>
\nHollow<\/b> – All hollow. Completely, wholly. “He beat him all hollow.<\/span>
\nHolt<\/b> – Hold. “Death has got holt of him.\u201d<\/span>
\nHoney-Fogle<\/b> – To swindle, cheat, lay plans to deceive.<\/span>
\nHook<\/b> – To steal.<\/span>
\nBy Hook Or By Crook<\/b> – One way or other, by any expedient. “It can’t be done by hook or crook.\u201d<\/span>
\nHooks<\/b> – Spurs.<\/span>
\nHookshop<\/b> – A brothel.<\/span>
\nHoney-fuggled<\/b> – To cheat, to pull the wool over one’s eyes.<\/span>
\nHoosegow<\/b><\/a> – Jail, from the Spanish juzgado<\/i>, meaning courthouse.<\/span>
\nHooter<\/b> – A bit or a tiny amount.<\/span>
\nHop<\/b> – A dance.<\/span>
\nHopped for Mama<\/b> – A horse bucking.<\/span>
\nHorn<\/b> – A glass of liquor, ale or beer.<\/span>
\nHornswoggle<\/b> – To cheat or trick, to pull the wool over one’s eyes.<\/span>
\nHorse Thief Special<\/b> – A raisn and boiled rice dish.<\/span>
\nHorse Feathers<\/b> – Ridiculous.<\/span>
\nHorse Wrangler<\/b> – Horse herder.<\/span>
\nHoss<\/b> – A horse.<\/span>
\nHot Horse<\/b> \u2013 A nervous or excitable horse.<\/span>
\nHot as a Whorehouse on Nickel Night<\/b> – Damned hot.<\/span>
\nHot Rock<\/b> – Biscuit.<\/span>
\nHot Roll<\/b> – Bedroll.<\/span>
\nHuckleberry<\/b> – As in “I’m your huckleberry” means “I’m just the man you’re looking for” or “I’m just the man for the job.”<\/span>
\nHuckleberry Above a Persimmon<\/b> – A cut above.<\/span>
\nHum<\/b> – Home.<\/span>
\nHumbug<\/b> – A deception, hoax, imposter.<\/span>
\nHounds – <\/b>Rowdies of the gold-rush days of San Francisco.<\/span>
\nHull<\/b> – Saddle.<\/span>
\nHurricane Deck<\/b><\/a> – The saddle of a bucking horse.<\/span>
\nHusking Bee<\/b> – A social event in which the community came together to husk corn and to drink. Also called a “husking frolic.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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I Dad!<\/b> – An exclamation used in the Western States.<\/span>
\nIlly<\/b> – Ill, sick.<\/span>
\nIndian Broke <\/b>– A horse trained to be mounted from the right side. Cowboys mounted from the left side.<\/span>
\nIndian Giver<\/b> – When an Indian gives anything, he expects an equivalent in return, or that the same thing may be given back to him. This applies when someone who, after having given away a thing, wishes to have it back again.<\/span>
\nIndian Side<\/b> – The right side of a horse.<\/span>
\nIndian Whiskey<\/b> – Cheap, adulterated liquor. Also called Indian Liquor.<\/span>
\nIn For It<\/b> – Engaged in a thing from which there is no retreating.<\/span>
\nIn Liquor<\/b> – Intoxicated, drunk.<\/span>
\nIron<\/b> – Short for branding iron or six-gun.<\/span>
\nIron Horse<\/b> – A Railroad train.<\/span>
\nIs that a bluff, or do you mean it for real play?<\/b> – Are you serious?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jackeroo<\/b> – A cowboy, also called buckaroo.<\/span>
\nJack of Diamonds<\/b> – Rye whiskey.<\/span>
\nJag<\/b> – A small load.<\/span>
\nTo Jaw<\/b> – To scold, to clamor, to abuse grossly.<\/span>
\nJawing<\/b><\/a> – Talking. “We sat around the campfire just jawing.”<\/span>
\nJerked Meat<\/b> – Beef and other kinds of fresh meat dried in the open air without salt.<\/span>
\nJig is Up<\/b> – Scheme\/game is over, exposed.<\/span>
\nJingled<\/b> – Drunk<\/span>
\nJingler<\/b> – A person who talks in rhyme or\u00a0in a catchy repetitious manner, or someone who drinks alot.<\/span>
\nJiminy<\/b> – By Jiminy! An exclamation.<\/span>
\nJimmying a bull<\/b> – Shooting a law officer.<\/span>
\nJo-fired<\/b> – Very, great, immensely; used for emphasis. He is just too jo-fired lazy to get any work done around here. Also “all-fired\u201d and “hell-fired.”<\/span>
\nJohn B<\/b>. – A cowboy hat, after hat maker John B. Stetson.<\/span>
\nJohn Barleycorn<\/b><\/a> – Beer<\/span>
\nJohnny<\/b> – A Chinaman, also sometime just “John.\u201d<\/span>
\nJollification<\/b> – A scene of festivity or merriment. Used only in familiar language.<\/span>
\nJonathan<\/b> – The American people. Also known as Brother Jonathan or Uncle Sam. Sometimes used to refer to a Yankee.<\/span>
\nJoy Juice<\/b> – Whiskey.<\/span>
\nJudus Steer<\/b> – Part of the cowboy’s job during the drive was to identify the Judas steer. Once at the end of the trail, the Judas could simply lead the other cattle to slaughter with no hassle. If a particularly good Judas was found, he was spared the meat hook and used again.<\/span>
\nJump the Broom<\/b> – Get married.<\/span>
\nJuniper<\/b> – Derogatory term for an easterner or novice cowhand.<\/span>
\nJustins<\/b> – Cowboy boots.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Kansas Sheep Dip – <\/b>Whiskey<\/span>
\nKedge<\/b> – Brisk, in good health and spirits. “I am feeling pretty kedge today.\u201d<\/span>
\nKeep<\/b> – Storage for food, subsistence, keeping. “The milk is in the keep.\u201d<\/span>
\nKeep Company<\/b> – To court.<\/span>
\nKeeping-Room<\/b> – A common sitting-room or parlor.<\/span>
\nKeep That Dry<\/b> – Keep it secret.<\/span>
\nKeep The Pot A Boiling<\/b> – Keep it going.<\/span>
\nKettled<\/b> – A horse bucking.<\/span>
\nKick<\/b> – To protest or to object to something; to complain.<\/span>
\nKick Up a Row<\/b> – Create a disturbance.<\/span>
\nKidney Pad<\/b> – Eastern Saddle.<\/span>
\nKitchen Safe<\/b> – Cupboard<\/span>
\nKnee-high to a…<\/b> – Humorous description of short stature or youth. “He ain\u2019t knee-high to a lamb.\u201d<\/span>
\nKnob<\/b> – Round hills or knolls.<\/span>
\nKnobs<\/b> – Spurs<\/span>
\nKnock Galley West<\/b> – Beat senseless.<\/span>
\nKnocked Into A Cocked Hat<\/b> – Knocked out of shape, spoiled, ruined, fouled up.<\/span>
\nKnock Round<\/b> – To go about.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lacing<\/b> – A beating. He took a lacing at the hands of the bully.<\/span>
\nLadies of the Line<\/b> – Prostitutes.<\/span>
\nLag<\/b> – Prisoner, convict.<\/span>
\nLagger<\/b> – Sailor<\/span>
\nTo Lam<\/b> – To beat soundly.<\/span>
\nLambasting<\/b> – A beating, a thrashing.<\/span>
\nLammy<\/b> – A blanket.<\/span>
\nLanded<\/b> – When a person has amassed a fortune large enough to keep him for the rest of his life.<\/span>
\nLand-Loper or Land-Lubber<\/b> – A vagrant, one who strolls about the country<\/span>
\nLands Sakes! – <\/b>\u00a0A more socially acceptable alternative for “Lord’s sake.”<\/span>
\nLapper – <\/b>A hard drinker.<\/span>
\nTo Lass<\/b> -Catch with a lasso, lariat or reata.<\/span>
\nLasso<\/b> – A long rope or cord, with a noose, for the purpose of catching wild horses or buffaloes on the Western prairies.<\/span>
\nLatchpan<\/b> – Lower lip<\/span>
\nTo Lather<\/b> – To beat.<\/span>
\nLathy<\/b> – Thin, slender like a lath.<\/span>
\nLatish<\/b> – Rather late.<\/span>
\nLatty or Letty<\/b> – A bed.<\/span>
\nLaudanum<\/b> – Not exactly slang, but what is it? Often utilized by the “painted ladies” in the west, laudanum was opium mixed with liquor.<\/span>
\nLay<\/b> – Price, terms, salary. “He bought a large herd of cattle at a good lay. Also used to describe a cowboy’s bed.<\/span>
\nLead Plumb<\/b> – A bullet.<\/span>
\nLead Poisoning<\/b> – Shot. “He died of lead poisoning.”<\/span>
\nLead Plumb<\/b> – A bullet.<\/span>
\nLead Pusher<\/b> – A gun.<\/span>
\nLeafless Tree<\/b> – Gallows.<\/span>
\nLeap the Book<\/b> – An illegal or false marriage.<\/span>
\nLeather-necks<\/b> – Soldiers<\/span>
\nLeg Bail<\/b> – To give leg bail, is to run away.<\/span>
\nLeft-handed Wife<\/b> – Mistress.<\/span>
\nLeggins<\/b> – South Texas term for chaps.<\/span>
\nLet Drive<\/b> – To let fly, to let slip. To discharge, let loose a blow with the fist, a stone, a bullet from a gun, etc.<\/span>
\nLet Her Rip<\/b> – Let it go.<\/span>
\nLet On<\/b> – To mention, disclose, betray a knowledge.<\/span>
\nLet Out<\/b> – To begin a story or narrative.<\/span>
\nLet Up<\/b> – To let up is to release, a relief. “Thank Goodness, the rain finally let up.\u201d<\/span>
\nLick<\/b> – Molasses.<\/span>
\nLick<\/b> – A blow.<\/span>
\nLick or Salt Lick<\/b> – A place where wild animals lick for salt — usually a salt spring.<\/span>
\nLickety Split<\/b> – Headlong, at full speed.<\/span>
\nTo Lick<\/b> – To beat.<\/span>
\nLickfinger<\/b> – To kiss ass. Also called “lick-spittle.”<\/span>
\nLicking<\/b> – A flogging, a beating.<\/span>
\nLickspittle<\/b> – A mean parasite, one who will stoop to any dirty work<\/span>
\nLief or Lieve<\/b> – Willingly, gladly.<\/span>
\nLike Bricks<\/b> – Quickly, with energy.<\/span>
\nLife Preserver <\/b>– A gun.<\/span>
\nLight (or lighting) a shuck<\/b> – To get the hell out of here in a hurry. “I’m lightin’ a shuck for California.”<\/span>
\nLight On<\/b> – To fall on, to come to by chance, to happen to find.<\/span>
\nLights or Top Lights<\/b> – Eyes.<\/span>
\nLike a Thoroughbred<\/b> – Like a gentleman.<\/span>
\nLike lickin’ butter off a knife<\/b><\/a> – Something that is easy; not hard.<\/span>
\nLincoln Skins<\/b> – Greenbacks.<\/span>
\nLine Camp<\/b> – Crude shacks or camps on the outermost boundaries of a ranch.<\/span>
\nLine Rider<\/b> – Cowboys the guarded the ranch boundaries. Also called outriders.<\/span>
\nLining the Flue<\/b> – Eating.<\/span>
\nLily Liver – <\/b>\u00a0Someone who is a coward.<\/span>
\nLimsy<\/b> – Weak, flexible.<\/span>
\nLincoln Skins<\/b> – Greenbacks.<\/span>
\nLinsey Woolsey<\/b> – A corruption of linen and wool. Material made of linen and wool mixed, light or coarse stuff. “He gave them coats of linsey woolsey, which were good and warm for winter, and good and light for summer.<\/span>
\nLittle End of the Horn<\/b> – To come away from a situation at a disadvantage. The same as “short end of the stick.<\/span>
\nLizzy<\/b> – Saddle horn.<\/span>
\nLlano Estacado<\/b><\/a> – The dry, treeless plains of Texas and New Mexico, also called the “Staked Plains.”<\/span>
\nLoaded for Bears – <\/b>Lightly intoxicated.<\/span>
\nLoaded to the Gunwhales<\/b> – Full out drunk.<\/span>
\nLoblolly<\/b> – Mud hole.<\/span>
\nLoco –<\/b> Crazy.<\/span>
\nLogy<\/b> – Slow-moving, dull, awkward.<\/span>
\nLoller<\/b> – Live, sportive damsel.<\/span>
\nLone Star<\/b> – An independent cowboy.<\/span>
\nLong And Short<\/b> – The end, the result, the upshot. “That’s the long and short of the subject.\u201d<\/span>
\nLongrider <\/b>– An outlaw, someone who usually had to stay in the saddle for an extended period of time while on the run from a crime.<\/span>
\nLoo’d, looed <\/b>– Beaten or defeated.<\/span>
\nLookin’ at a Mule’s Tail<\/b> – Plowing.<\/span>
\nLookin’ to Die<\/b> – Seriously ill.<\/span>
\nLook-See<\/b> – To investigate. “I think I’ll go have a look-see across that hill.”<\/span>
\nLooseness <\/b>– Freedom. “He spoke with a perfect looseness.\u201d<\/span>
\nLope<\/b> – A leap, a long step.<\/span>
\nLotion<\/b> – A drink.<\/span>
\nLouse Cage<\/b> – Bunkhouse.<\/span>
\nLove Apples<\/b> – Canned tomatoes.<\/span>
\nLove Lick<\/b> – Rough caress.<\/span>
\nLucky – Escape, run away. “We might have got into trouble if we hadn’t made our lucky<\/i>.”<\/span>
\nLunger<\/b> – Slang for someone with tuberculosis.<\/span>
\nLunkhead<\/b> – A horse of inferior breed or appearance.<\/span>
\nLunk-headed<\/b> – Idiotic, senseless.<\/span>
\nLynching Bee<\/b> – A hanging<\/span>
\nLubber <\/b>– A sturdy man, idle, fat, bulky fellow<\/span>
\nLuddy Mussy!<\/b> – Lord have mercy! An exclamation of surprise.<\/span>
\nLush-crib<\/b> – A saloon or tavern.<\/span>
\nLushington<\/b> – A drunk.<\/span>
\nLynching Bee<\/b> – A hanging.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mad as a March Hare<\/b> – Very angry.<\/span>
\nMad as a Hornet<\/b> – Very mad.<\/span>
\nMadder than an Old Wet Hen<\/b> – Very angry. “Mama woke up madder than an old wet hen.”<\/span>
\nMade His Jack<\/b> – Got what he aimed at.<\/span>
\nMaggot<\/b> – Derogatory term for sheep.<\/span>
\nMail-Order Cowboy<\/b> – This was a derogatory term used to chide tenderfoot, urban “cowboys” who arrived from the East all decked out in fancy but hardly practical Western garb.<\/span>
\nMay Hay<\/b> – To put in disorder, to make confusing.<\/span>
\nMake Hay While the Sun Shines<\/b> – To make the most of the day, or an opportunity.
\nMake a Mash<\/b><\/a> – Make a hit, impress someone. (Usually a female.) “Buck’s tryin’ to make a mash on that new girl.”<\/span>
\nMake A Raise<\/b> – To raise, procure, obtain.<\/span>
\nMaking Meat<\/b> – On the Western prairies, cutting into thin slices the boneless parts of the buffalo, or other meat, and drying them in the wind or sun. Meat thus prepared may be preserved for years without salt.<\/span>
\nMake Tracks<\/b> – To leave, to walk away. A figurative expression of Western origin.<\/span>
\nMakins<\/b> – Tobacco and papers used to roll cigarettes.<\/span>
\nMan-a-hanging<\/b> – A man having difficulties.<\/span>
\nMan At The Pot<\/b> – According to camp etiquette, when a cowboy gets up to refill his cup from the coffee pot hanging over the campfire, if someone shouts, “Man at the pot!” the man at the coffee pot is required to fill everyone’s cup.<\/span>
\nManner Born, To the<\/b> – A natural. “He’s a horseman to the manner born.”<\/span>
\nMan for Breakfast – <\/b>A murdered body in the streets at dawn. Commonplace in the early days of Los Angeles and Denver. Also used to describe certain saloons when men were killed the night before. “Lambert\u2019s only had two men for breakfast.\u201d<\/span>
\nMan-trap<\/b> – Cow dung in the fields, or, a widow.<\/span>
\nTo Marble<\/b> – To move off, be off, go, as, “If you do that again, you must marble.\u201d<\/span>
\nMare<\/b> \u2013 A mature female horse<\/span>
\nMarinos<\/b> – Spurs.<\/span>
\nMarm<\/b> – A corruption of the word madam or ma’am.<\/span>
\nMarooning<\/b> – To go marooning. \u00a0To have a party or picnic.<\/span>
\nMary <\/b>– An effeminate homosexual.<\/span>
\nMashed<\/b> – In love.<\/span>
\nMauks<\/b> – Derogatory term for women of the lower class or prostitutes.<\/span>
\nMauled <\/b>– Very drunk.<\/span>
\nMaverick<\/b> – An unbranded calf.<\/span>
\nMay Can<\/b> – May be able to.<\/span>
\nMarble Orchard<\/b> – Graveyard<\/span>
\nMealer<\/b> – A partial abstainer who drinks liquor only during meals.<\/span>
\nMean<\/b> – Bad quality.<\/span>
\nMexican Strawberries<\/b> – Dried beans.<\/span>
\nMilestonemonger <\/b>– Some who likes to roam, a tramp.<\/span>
\nMilling<\/b> – Fighting.<\/span>
\nMind, Have a <\/b>– To have a notion, to be willing.<\/span>
\nTo Mind<\/b> – To recollect, remember or to take care of..<\/span>
\nMissionate<\/b> – To act as a missionary.<\/span>
\nMitten<\/b> – When a gentleman is jilted by a lady, or is discarded by one to whom he has been paying his addresses he is said to have got the mitten.<\/span>
\nMiss one’s figure<\/b> – to miss a change, to make a mistake.<\/span>
\nMitten, Get or Give <\/b>\u00a0– Turned down by a lady after proposing.<\/span>
\nMiss Nancy<\/b> – A name given to an effeminate man.<\/span>
\nMizzle<\/b> – To run away, to abscond.<\/span>
\nMochilla<\/b> – A rectangular leather saddlebag popularized by the Pony Express.<\/span>
\nMockered<\/b> – Dirtied, defiled.<\/span>
\nMolled<\/b> – In the company of a woman.<\/span>
\nMolly<\/b> – An effeminate young man.<\/b><\/span>
\nMolocher<\/b> – A cheap hat.<\/span>
\nMonkey Shines<\/b> – Eccentricities, strange actions.<\/span>
\nTo Monkey<\/b> – To play tricks, fool or tamper with, mischievious.<\/span>
\nMonkey Ward Cowboy<\/b> – A tenderfoot.<\/span>
\nMonte<\/b> – A gambling game played with dice or cards.<\/span>
\nMoonshine<\/b> – A trifle, nothing.<\/span>
\nMoonshiny<\/b> – Deceptive.<\/span>
\nMop<\/b> – A habitual drunk.<\/span>
\nMoppy<\/b> – Drunk or tipsy.<\/span>
\nMormon Tea<\/b> – Liquor.<\/span>
\nMosey<\/b> – To saunter or shuffle along, to be off, to leave, to sneak away.<\/span>
\nMoss-backs<\/b> – Old fogies, men behind the times, slow to learn.<\/span>
\nMoss Head<\/b> – A very old steer.<\/span>
\nMought<\/b> – For might.<\/span>
\nMouldy Grubs<\/b> – Traveling showmen.<\/span>
\nMountain Oysters<\/b> – Fried or roasted calves’ testicles. Also called Prairie Oysters.<\/span>
\nTo Mouse<\/b> – To go mousing about is to go poking about into holes and corners.<\/b><\/span>
\nMouth-bet<\/b> – A gambling man who only gives verbal promises to pay.<\/span>
\nMouthpiece<\/b> – A lawyer.<\/span>
\nMuck Forks<\/b> – A low term for hands or fingers. “Keep your muck forks<\/i> off me!”<\/span>
\nMuck-out<\/b> – To a gambler, to “clean-out” an oppoinent.<\/span>
\nMucks, Mux<\/b> – to make a muddle or failure of anything. “He made a regular mux<\/i> of the whole business.”<\/span>
\nMuck-snipe<\/b> – To gamblers, the one who has been “cleaned out.”<\/span>
\nMud Pipes<\/b> – Any kind of boots or shoes, but mostly applied to riding-boots.<\/span>
\nMuddy end of the Stick<\/b> –\u00a0Short end of the stick.<\/span>
\nMud Fence, Ugly as a<\/b> – Used to describe someone who was very ugly.<\/span>
\nMudpipes<\/b> – Boots or shoes.<\/span>
\nMudsill<\/b><\/a> – Uneducated, working class. Low-life, thoroughly disreputable person.<\/span>
\nMugwump<\/b> – An Indian word meaning captain, leader or notable person.<\/b><\/span>
\nMule-ears<\/b> – Boots.<\/span>
\nMule’s Breakfast<\/b> – A straw bed.<\/span>
\nMuleskinner <\/b>– A person who drives and usually rides in a wagon pulled by mules.<\/span>
\nMuley<\/b> – A one-horned or hornless cow.<\/span>
\nMumper <\/b>– A begger.<\/span>
\nMusic Root<\/b> – Sweet potato.<\/span>
\nMush-Head<\/b> – A stupid, witness fellow.<\/span>
\nMustard<\/b> – To unsettle or disturb cattle.<\/span>
\nMutton-Puncher<\/b><\/a> – Derogatory name used by cowboys to describe a sheepherder.<\/span>
\nMuzzle<\/b> – Loiter.<\/span>
\nMysteries<\/b> – Sausages, called that because many didn’t know what they were made of<\/span><\/p>\n

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Nailed to the Counter<\/b> – Proven a lie.<\/span>
\nNairn<\/b> – None<\/span>
\nNamby-pamby<\/b> – Sickly, sentimental, saccharin.<\/span>
\nNancy or Nancy-boy<\/b> – An effeminate man.<\/span>
\nNanny<\/b> – A prostitute.<\/span>
\nNanny<\/b> Shop – Brothel<\/span>
\nNary<\/b> – None, not, zero<\/span>
\nNary-One<\/b> – Neither.<\/span>
\nNavy Model<\/b> – Colt firearms.<\/span>
\nNecessary<\/b> – Outhouse, water closet; bathroom.<\/span>
\nNeck Oil <\/b>– Whiskey.<\/span>
\nNecktie Social or Necktie Party<\/b> – A hanging or lynching, most often referred to in vigilante hangings.<\/span>
\nNester<\/b> – A squatter who settled on government land, usually to farm.<\/span>
\nNibbler<\/b> – A petty thief.<\/span>
\nNigh Unto<\/b> – Nearly, almost.<\/span>
\nNight Hawk<\/b> – While the rest of the cowboys slept under the stars on a cattle drive, one unlucky soul who drew the short straw, the “night hawk”, had to stay up all night standing guard.<\/span>
\nNippent<\/b> – Impudent, impertinent.<\/span>
\nNipper<\/b> – A baby or small child.<\/span>
\nNobby, Nobbish<\/b> – Fine, stylish.<\/span>
\nNo Count or No Account<\/b> – Of no account, worthless. \u00a0“That no count boy does nothing but get into trouble.\u201d<\/span>
\nNohow<\/b> – Not at all, no way.<\/span>
\nNo Odds<\/b> – No difference, no consequence, no matter.<\/span>
\nNose Paint<\/b> – Whiskey.<\/span>
\nNosey Parker<\/b> –\u00a0Someone who is nosey.<\/span>
\nNot By a Jugful<\/b> – No consideration, on no account, not at all.<\/span>
\nNotch<\/b> – An opening or narrow passage through a mountain or hill.<\/span>
\nNothing To Nobody<\/b> – Nobody’s business.<\/span>
\nNotions<\/b> – A wide range of miscellaneous articles for sale.<\/span>
\nNubbin<\/b> – Saddle horn.<\/span>
\nNurly<\/b> – A corrupt pronunciation of gnarly, i. e. gnarled.<\/span>
\nNymphs du Prairie<\/b> – Prostitutes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Oats<\/b> – To feel one’s oats, is to feel one’s importance.<\/span>
\nOdd Fish or Odd Stick<\/b> – A person who is eccentric or odd in his manners. “Ol’ Farmer Jones sure is an odd stick.”<\/span>
\nOff his nut, off his rocker, off his chump<\/b> – Weak in the head, crazy, illogical; someone who behaves strangely.<\/span>
\nOffish<\/b> – Distant, reserved, aloof.<\/span>
\nOff one’s feed<\/b> – Unable to eat, having no appetite.<\/span>
\nOf the First Water<\/b> – First class. “He’s a gentleman of the first water.”<\/span>
\nOh-be-joyful<\/b> – Liquor, beer, intoxicating spirits. “Give me another snort of that oh-be-joyful.”<\/span>
\nOld<\/b> – Crafty, cunning. If someone tries to take advantage of someone else, who is too cunning to be deceived, he might say “I’m a little too old for you.\u201d<\/span>
\nOld Betsy or Old Blue<\/b> – A gun.<\/span>
\nOld Country<\/b> – A term applied to Great Britain, originally by natives from that country, who had immigrated to the United States.<\/span>
\nOld Countryman<\/b> – A native of England, Scotland, Ireland, or Wales. The term was never applied to persons from the Continent of Europe.<\/span>
\nOld Dan<\/b> – Often used to refer to a trustworthy mule.<\/span>
\nOld Epharim<\/b> – A term that mountain men called both male or female grizzly bears.<\/span>
\nOld Man<\/b> – The ridge found between two sleepers in a feather bed.<\/span>
\nOld Orchard<\/b> – Whiskey.<\/span>
\nOld Pie<\/b> – An expression of admiration or approval.<\/span>
\nOld Pod<\/b> – Old man.<\/span>
\nOld Rackatee<\/b> – A gun.<\/span>
\nOld Rats<\/b> – Equivalent to “one of the boys,” a hearty old fellow.<\/span>
\nOld Scratch<\/b> – The devil.<\/span>
\nOld Stager<\/b> – One well initiated in anything.<\/span>
\nOld States<\/b> – Back East.<\/span>
\nOld Tom – <\/b>Gin.<\/span>
\nOld Towse<\/b> – Whiskey<\/span>
\nOldermost<\/b> – Oldest. “He\u2019s the oldermost fellow at the reunion.\u201d<\/span>
\nOn One’s Own Hook<\/b> – On one’s own account, for himself. “He is doing business on his own hook.<\/span>
\nOnplush<\/b> – Nonplus.<\/span>
\nOld Woman<\/b> – The cowboy’s cook. Though the cook was often the most popular man on the cattle drive, cooking was still considered to be “women work.”<\/span>
\nOil<\/b> – Nitroglycerine. Was often used to open bank vault. Also called “soup.”<\/span>
\nOne-horse<\/b> – Small, limited, inferior. “Well, if that ain\u2019t a one-horse town.\u201d<\/span>
\nOn or In A Pinch<\/b> – On an emergency.<\/span>
\nOn the Dead<\/b> – Gratis, free.<\/span>
\nOn the Dodge<\/b> –\u00a0Hiding out somewhere; laying low for a while.<\/span>
\nOn the half-shell<\/b> – Applied to anything prepared and ready for use.<\/span>
\nOn the Prod<\/b><\/a> – Full of piss and vinegar, looking for trouble, spoiling for a fight. Said of both people and critters.<\/span>
\nOn the Shoot<\/b> – Looking for trouble. “Looks like he’s on the shoot, tonight.”<\/span>
\nOn the Win<\/b> – Winning or making money.<\/span>
\nOof<\/b> – Money<\/span>
\nOpine<\/b> – To be of the opinion.<\/span>
\nOurn<\/b> – Ours.<\/span>
\nOutlaw<\/b> – A horse that cannot be tamed to ride.<\/span>
\nOver Head And Ears<\/b> – Completely overwhelmed. “He was over head and ears in debt.\u201d<\/span>
\nOut And Out<\/b> – Wholly, completely, without reservation.<\/span>
\nOut-and-outer<\/b> – First-class.<\/span>
\nOn The Fence<\/b> – Neutral or undecided.<\/span>
\nOut Of Fix or Out of Sorts<\/b> – Disarranged, in a state of disorder.<\/span>
\nOver-Careful<\/b> – Very careful.<\/span>
\nOverland Trout<\/b> – Bacon.<\/span>
\nOwdacious<\/b> – Audacious.<\/span>
\nOwl Hoot<\/b> – An outlaw<\/span>
\nOwl Hoot Trail<\/b> – The outlaw way of life.<\/span>
\nOxbows<\/b> – Large, old-time wooden stirrups. Also known as oxyokes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pack Iron<\/b> – To carry a revolver or “shooting iron.”<\/span>
\nPaddle<\/b> – To go or run away.<\/span>
\nPaint <\/b>– A horse with irregular patches of white. Kin to Indian ponies, they were strong and tough but never grew very big. Also refers to drinking, alluding to the red nose caused by over-indulgence.<\/span>
\nPainted Cat<\/b> – Prostitute.<\/span>
\nPainted Lady<\/b> – A prostitute.<\/span>
\nPainter<\/b> – In the country a popular name for cougar or panther.<\/span>
\nPaintin’ His Nose<\/b> – Getting drunk.<\/span>
\nPainting One’s Tonsils<\/b> – Drinking alcohol, also referred to as ‘Painting one’s nose.”<\/span>
\nPair Of Stairs<\/b> – A flight of stairs.<\/span>
\nPainting the Town Red – <\/b>Going out on the town for a fun, sometimes wild, time.<\/span>
\nPair of Overalls<\/b> – Two drinks of whiskey.<\/span>
\nPal on<\/b> – to associate.<\/span>
\nPancake<\/b> – A derogatory term for a small English saddle.<\/span>
\nPan Out<\/b> – To pay well, prove profitable.<\/span>
\nParade Chaps<\/b> – A pair of chaps strictly for show. Might be worn for the grand entry parade at a rodeo.<\/span>
\nPass in one’s chips<\/b> – To die.<\/span>
\nPeacemaker<\/b> – A Colt revolver.<\/span>
\nPeaked<\/b> – Thin or sickly in appearance.<\/span>
\nPecker Pole<\/b><\/a> – What a logger called a small tree or sapling.<\/span>
\nPeck Of Trouble<\/b> – Great trouble.<\/span>
\nPecker<\/b> – Appetite.<\/span>
\nPeckish<\/b> – Hungry.<\/span>
\nPeck<\/b> – Eat voraciously<\/span>
\nPedlar’s Pony<\/b> – A walking stick.<\/span>
\nPecos<\/b> – \u00a0To kill by drowning. (Literally, to throw into the Pecos River.)<\/span>
\nPecos Strawberries<\/b> – Beans.<\/span>
\nPemican<\/b> – Easily carried food substance on the frontier. Formed by pounding the choice parts of the meat very small, dried over a slow fire or in the frost, and put into bags made of the skin of the slain animal, into which a portion of melted fat is then poured.<\/span>
\nPenny Dreadful<\/b> – A slang term for cheap, lurid fictional magazines that incorporated the same kind of literature as the dime novels. Later generations would call them pulp fiction.<\/span>
\nPennyweighter<\/b> – In the mining camps of the Old West, a pennyweighter was a person who stole very small quantities of gold from the mining operation for whom he worked.<\/span>
\nPerk<\/b> – Lively, brisk, holding up the head<\/span>
\nPersnickity<\/b> – Peculiar, picky.<\/span>
\nPersuader<\/b> – A gun.<\/span>
\nPertend Up<\/b> – Better, more cheerful.<\/span>
\nPeskily<\/b> – Very, extremely, confoundedly. “I’m peskily sorry to hear of your loss.\u201d<\/span>
\nPetticoat Pensioner<\/b> – A man who lives on a prostitute’s earnings. Also called Sunday-man.<\/span>
\nPicayune<\/b> – Used to signify something small or frivolous.<\/span>
\nPickaninny<\/b> – A negro or mulatto infant. Used in the Southern States.<\/span>
\nPick-Back<\/b> – On the back. Often used when carrying children on the back – piggyback.<\/span>
\nPicture<\/b> – One’s face or one’s person.<\/span>
\nPiddle<\/b> – Waste time.<\/span>
\nPiebald<\/b> – A Paint horse.<\/span>
\nPiece of Calico<\/b> – A girl or a woman.<\/span>
\nPiece of Pudding<\/b> – A piece of luck, a welcome change.<\/span>
\nPiece of Thick<\/b> – Pressed cake tobacco.<\/span>
\nPied<\/b> – A paint horse.<\/span>
\nPie Eater<\/b><\/a> – Country boy, a rustic.<\/span>
\nPig Sticker<\/b> – Knife or bayonet.<\/span>
\nPig Trail<\/b> – Small side road.<\/span>
\nPike<\/b> – A name applied in California to migratory poor whites.<\/span>
\nPilgrim <\/b>– Cowboy term for an easterner or novice cowhand.<\/span>
\nPill<\/b> – A doctor.<\/span>
\nPilled<\/b> – Black-balled.<\/span>
\nPimping<\/b> – Little, petty.<\/span>
\nPimple<\/b> – The cowboy’s name for the very small saddles used by Easterners.<\/span>
\nPine Top<\/b> – Whiskey traded to the Indians in exchange for buffalo robes.<\/span>
\nPining Away For<\/b> –\u00a0Longing for.<\/span>
\nPink<\/b> – Denotes the finest part, the essence. She is the pink of perfection.<\/span>
\nPinto<\/b> – A paint horse.<\/span>
\nPirooting<\/b><\/a> <\/b>– \u00a0Having sexual intercourse.<\/span>
\nPistareen<\/b> – One-fifth of a dollar, a silver coin, formerly in the United States, of the value of twenty cents.<\/span>
\nPitch a Fit<\/b> – To throw a temper tantrum, get upset.<\/span>
\nPlain-headed<\/b> – A term that expresses that a lady is not good looking.<\/span>
\nPlaguily<\/b> – Vexatiously, horribly. “I am puzzled most plaguily to get words to tell you what I think.\u201d<\/span>
\nPlank, Plank Down, Plank Up<\/b> – To pay in cash.<\/span>
\nPlaster<\/b> – Flatter<\/span>
\nPlay a Lone Hand<\/b> – To do something alone.<\/span>
\nPlay Second Fiddle<\/b> – To “play second fiddle” is to take an inferior part in any project or undertaking.<\/span>
\nPlay to the Gallery<\/b> – To show off. “That’s just how he is, always has to play to the gallery.”<\/span>
\nPlayed out<\/b> – Exhausted.<\/span>
\nPlow Chaser <\/b>– A derogatory term for farmer.<\/span>
\nPlow Handle<\/b> – A single action pistol was sometime referred to as a plow handle. These were also referred to as “thumbusters,” “cutters,” “smoke poles,” and “hawg legs.”<\/span>
\nTo Plum<\/b> – To deceive.<\/span>
\nPlumb<\/b>, Plum –\u00a0Entirely, completely. “He’s plumb crazy.”<\/span>
\nPlummy<\/b> – Satisfactory or profitable.<\/span>
\nPlunder<\/b> – Personal belongings or baggage. “Pack your plunder, Joe, we’re headin’ for San Francisco.”<\/span>
\nPoke<\/b> – A small sack, usually made of leather or rawhide. Also refers to a lazy person, a dawdler. “What a slow poke you are.\u201d<\/span>
\nPoke-Bonnet<\/b> – A long, straight bonnet, much worn by Quakers and Methodists.<\/span>
\nPoker<\/b> – Any frightful object, especially in the dark.<\/span>
\nPokerish<\/b> – Frightful, causing fear, especially to children.<\/span>
\nPokey – <\/b>Jail<\/span>
\nPony Up<\/b> – Pay over money. “Pony up that account.” Also, post the pony<\/i>, i.e. lay down the money.<\/span>
\nPoppet<\/b><\/a> – Term of endearment. “Come along, poppet.”<\/span>
\nPoppy-Cock<\/b> – Bosh, nonsense, idle talk.<\/span>
\nPop Skull<\/b> – Whiskey.<\/span>
\nPop Your Corn<\/b> – Say what you have to say, speak out.<\/span>
\nPorch Percher<\/b> – A town loafer.<\/span>
\nPortage <\/b>– To carry boats or supplies overland between rivers or lakes.<\/span>
\nPortmantle<\/b> – A valise.<\/span>
\nPost the Pony<\/b> – Pay up.<\/span>
\nPot Rustler<\/b> – Cook.<\/span>
\nPot Shot<\/b> – An Easy shot.<\/span>
\nPower<\/b> – A large quantity, a great number.<\/span>
\nPow-Wow<\/b> – Native American feasts, dances and public doings.<\/span>
\nPrairie Coal<\/b> – Cowchips.<\/span>
\nPrairie Dew<\/b> – Whiskey.<\/span>
\nPrairie Oysters<\/b> – Fried or roasted calves’ testicles. Also called Mountain Oysters.<\/span>
\nPrairie Pancakes<\/b> – Cowchips.<\/span>
\nPrairie Tenor<\/b> – Coyote.<\/span>
\nPrairillon<\/b> – A small prairie.
\nPrat<\/b> – Buttock, behind.<\/span>
\nPrayer Book <\/b>– A packet of papers used to roll cigarettes. Also called a “dream book” or a “bible.”<\/span>
\nPray Tell<\/b> –\u00a0Tell me.<\/span>
\nPredicate<\/b> – A proposition or argument.<\/span>
\nPrehaps<\/b> – Perhaps.<\/span>
\nPriminary<\/b> – Predicament, difficulty.<\/span>
\nProd, On the<\/b> – Spoiling for a fight, also referred to as “proddy.”<\/span>
\nProg<\/b> – Food, provisions of any kind.<\/span>
\nPshal, P’shaw<\/b> – An exclamation for nonsense.<\/span>
\nPucker <\/b>– In a state of irritation or anger.<\/span>
\nPuddin’ Foot<\/b> – An awkward horse.<\/span>
\nPull in your Horns<\/b><\/a> – Back off, quit looking for trouble.<\/span>
\nPull Foot<\/b> – To leave in a hurry, walk fast, run.<\/span>
\nPull the Leg<\/b> – To impose upon.<\/span>
\nPull the Long Bow<\/b> – To tell falsehoods, lie.<\/span>
\nPullin my donkey’s tail<\/b> – A much older way of saying “are you pullin my leg”<\/span>
\nPulling a Kite<\/b> – Making a face.<\/span>
\nPulling in the Pieces<\/b> – To make money.<\/span>
\nPunching Doggies<\/b> – Cowpunching, driving the cattle to market.<\/span>
\nPung<\/b> – A rude sort of sleigh, or oblong box made of boards and placed on runners, used for drawing loads on snow by horses.<\/span>
\nPurge<\/b> – Beer.<\/span>
\nPush Your Barrow<\/b> – Go away.<\/span>
\nPut a Spoke in the Wheel<\/b> – To foul up or sabotage something.<\/span>
\nPut on the Nose Bag<\/b> – To eat.<\/span>
\nPut the Licks In<\/b> – Run very fast.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Queer Fish<\/b> – An odd or eccentric person. Also called odd stick and odd fish.<\/span>
\nQuincy<\/b> – An indoor toilet.<\/span>
\nQuirley<\/b> – Roll-your-own cigarette.<\/span>
\nQuirt<\/b> – Whip<\/span>
\nQuid<\/b> – A corruption of cud, as, in vulgar language, a quid of tobacco.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Raft<\/b> – A large quantity.<\/span>
\nRag Proper<\/b> – Dress well.<\/span>
\nRail It<\/b> – To travel by rail-road.<\/span>
\nRailheads<\/b> – Towns with facilities for loading cattle onto trains.<\/span>
\nRailroad Bible<\/b> – A deck of cards. This stemmed from the large number of card sharks working aboard the railroads.<\/span>
\nRaise<\/b> – To make a raise. Meaning to make a haul, to raise the wind.<\/span>
\nRaise One’s Bristles<\/b> – To excite one’s anger.<\/span>
\nRaise Sand<\/b> – Start trouble.<\/span>
\nRaisin’ Cain<\/b> – Loud, noisy boisterous.<\/span>
\nRake And Scrape<\/b> – To collect.<\/span>
\nRandy<\/b> – Wanton or lecherous.<\/span>
\nRanny<\/b> – A top cowhand, skilled cowboy.<\/span>
\nRantankerous<\/b> – Contentious, a variation of cantankerous.<\/span>
\nRappee<\/b> – An inferior quality of snuff.<\/span>
\nRattler<\/b> – Freight train<\/span>
\nRattled<\/b> – To become nervous, worried, uneasy.<\/span>
\nRattling<\/b> – Jolly, excellent, smart<\/span>
\nRattle Your Hocks<\/b> – Hurry up, get a move on.<\/span>
\nRat Trap<\/b> – A woman’s bustle.<\/span>
\nRaving Distracted<\/b> – Stark mad.<\/span>
\nRebel Soldier<\/b> – Rye whiskey.<\/span>
\nReckon<\/b> – To guess or think. “I reckon that’ll do right fine.”<\/span>
\nReckoning up<\/b> – Talking about something or someone in a slanderous manner. “I overheard them reckoning up<\/i> the mayor.”<\/span>
\nRed Eye<\/b> – Whiskey, also called “red disturbance” and “red ink.”<\/span>
\nRed Lane<\/b> – A vulgar name for the throat, chiefly used by those drinking alcohol.<\/span>
\nReloading Outfit<\/b> – Cowboy term for eating utensils, cups, and a plate.<\/span>
\nRemuda<\/b> \u2013 A herd of horses on a ranch.<\/span>
\nRench<\/b> – A vulgar pronunciation of the word rinse.<\/span>
\nRetch<\/b> – Past tense of reach.<\/span>
\nRetiracy<\/b> – Sufficiency, competency.<\/span>
\nReverent<\/b> – Strong, as, reverent whisky, not diluted.<\/span>
\nRib<\/b> – Wife.<\/span>
\nRib Wrenches<\/b> – Spurs.<\/span>
\nRide a Shank’s Mare<\/b><\/a> – To walk or be set afoot.<\/span>
\nRide For the Brand<\/b> – To be loyal to the ranch and rancher that pays a cowboy.<\/span>
\nRide Out on a Rail<\/b> – To be forced to leave town.<\/span>
\nRig<\/b> – Saddle.<\/span>
\nRight as a Trivet<\/b> – Right as rain, sound as a nut, stable.<\/span>
\nRight as Rain<\/b> – Fine. “After a good night’s rest, he’ll be right as rain.”<\/span>
\nRight Smart<\/b> – Many, much, good. “He got a right smart<\/i> bit of work done.”<\/span>
\nRing<\/b> – A group of businessmen or politicians form to advance their own interests, usually in such a way that places the public at risk. “The notorious Santa Fe Ring<\/i> was an unscrupulous group of politicians in the 1800s.”<\/span>
\nRing in<\/b> – To force or insinuate oneself into company where one is not wanted or does not belong.<\/span>
\nRingster<\/b> – A member of ring<\/i>, or group whose objective is to profit at the public’s expense.<\/span>
\nRingy<\/b> – Ornery or angry man or animal.<\/span>
\nRip<\/b> – Reprobate. “He’s a mean ol’ rip.”<\/span>
\nRip Out<\/b> – Impatiently give vent to one’s feeling or opinions. “When he came upon the town bully, he ripped out<\/i> what he thought of him.”<\/span>
\nRip-roaring, Rip-staver, Rip-snortin’ <\/b>– An impressive person or thing.<\/span>
\nRoad Agent<\/b> – A robber, bandit, desperado.<\/span>
\nRoad Ranch<\/b> – A supply center or store, often located on the major trails headed westward, that supplied the wagon trains with provisions.<\/span>
\nRode Hard and Put Up Wet<\/b> – Ugly, rough or hard looking. “She looks like she’s been rode hard and put up wet!”<\/span>
\nRoastineer<\/b> – Corn roasted over an open fire while still in the husks.<\/span>
\nRock<\/b> – A piece of money.<\/span>
\nRocky Mountain Canary<\/b> – A burro used by the miners in the Rocky Mountains.<\/span>
\nRod<\/b> – A revolver.<\/span>
\nRode Fence<\/b> – Patrolled the range checking see if any areas of fencing needed repairs.<\/span>
\nRoily Or Rily<\/b> – Turbid, excited to resentment, vexed.<\/span>
\nRook<\/b> – To cheat, to dupe, such as a cardsharper or conman might do in a poker game.<\/span>
\nRookus Juice<\/b> – Liquor.<\/span>
\nRoostered<\/b><\/a> – Drunk. “Looks like those cowboys are in there gettin’ all roostered up.”<\/span>
\nRoost over one<\/b> – To get the better of.<\/span>
\nRoping In<\/b> – Cheating.<\/span>
\nRot-gut<\/b> – Bad liquor.<\/span>
\nRouncher, roncher<\/b> – Used to describe something extreme, powerful, large, fine, remarkable.<\/span>
\nRound Browns<\/b> – Cow chips.<\/span>
\nRound Up<\/b> – A gathering of sheep, cattle or pigs.<\/span>
\nRousing<\/b> – Very great, commonly applied to a fire.<\/span>
\nRound-Rimmers<\/b> – Hats with a round rim, hence, those who wear them.<\/span>
\nRow<\/b> – A fight<\/span>
\nTo Row Up<\/b> – To punish with words, to rebuke.<\/span>
\nRow Up Salt River<\/b> – Used generally to signify political defeat.<\/span>
\nRowdy-dow<\/b> – Low, vulgar.<\/span>
\nRuckus<\/b> – Loud noise, voices, a racket. “What’s all the ruckus about?”<\/span>
\nRuinatious<\/b> – Ruinous.<\/span>
\nRumbumptious, rumbustious<\/b> – Haughty, pompous, boisterous, making a great fuss about.<\/span>
\nRum-hole, Rum-mill<\/b> – A small drinking establishment, saloon.<\/span>
\nRun<\/b> – A small stream or rivulet.<\/span>
\nTo Run<\/b> – To press with jokes, sarcasm, or ridicule. ‘To get the run upon one,’ is to make a butt of him.<\/span>
\nRun against a pill<\/b> – To be shot, to take a bullet.<\/span>
\nTo Run One’s Face<\/b> – To make use of one’s credit.<\/span>
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Saddle Bum<\/b> – A drifter.<\/span>
\nSaddle Stiff<\/b><\/a> – A cowboy, also referred to as “saddle warmer” and “saddle slicker.”<\/span>
\nSaddle Tramp<\/b> – A cowboy who spends most of his time in the chuck line.<\/span>
\nSadying<\/b> – A simple and unaffected mode of dancing.<\/span>
\nSagamore<\/b> – The title of a chief or ruler among some of the American tribes of Indians.<\/span>
\nSagebrush Men<\/b> – Cowboy who worked in the arid portions of Montana, Colorado and Wyoming.<\/span>
\nSage Hen<\/b> – A woman.<\/span>
\nSakes Alive <\/b>– The equivalent of “Good heavens!\u201d<\/span>
\nSalt Horse<\/b> – Corned beef.<\/span>
\nSalting<\/b> – Planting rich ore samples in an unprofitable mine to attract unwary buyers.<\/span>
\nSalt-Lick<\/b> – A saline spring, where animals resort for drink.<\/span>
\nSalt-Water Vegetables<\/b> – A term for oysters and clams.<\/span>
\nSam Hill<\/b> – A euphemism for the devil. “What in the Sam Hill are you doing?”<\/span>
\nSand<\/b> – Guts; courage; toughness. “You got sand, that’s fer shore.”<\/span>
\nSantiago<\/b> – Coronado’s favorite charge was “Santiago”, Spanish for St.James, Spain’s soldier saint.<\/span>
\nSaphead<\/b> – Blockhead, a stupid fellow.<\/span>
\nSappy<\/b> – Young, not firm, weak.<\/span>
\nSatinet<\/b> – A twilled cloth made of cotton and wool.<\/span>
\nSavage as a Meat Axe<\/b> – Extremely savage.<\/span>
\nSavagerous<\/b> – Furious.<\/span>
\nSavanna<\/b> – An open plain, or meadow without wood.<\/span>
\nSavey or Sabby<\/b> – Corrupted from the Spanish saber, to know.To know, to comprehend.<\/span>
\nTo Saw<\/b> – To hoax, to play a joke upon one.<\/span>
\nSawbones<\/b> – Surgeon.<\/span>
\nSawdust<\/b> – Counterfeit gold-dust or money.<\/span>
\nSay<\/b> -A speech, what one has to say.<\/span>
\nSawdusty<\/b> – Cajoling, flattering.<\/span>
\nScab Herder<\/b> – Derogatory term for sheep herder.<\/span>
\nScad<\/b> – Large quantities, plenty, an abundance.<\/span>
\nScace<\/b> – Scarce.<\/span>
\nScalawag or Scallywag<\/b> – A mean, rotten or worthless person.<\/span>
\nScaly<\/b> – Mean, stingy.<\/span>
\nScalawag<\/b> – A mean, graceless fellow.<\/span>
\nScamp<\/b> – A worthless fellow.<\/span>
\nScamper Juice<\/b> – Whiskey.<\/span>
\nScape <\/b>– Gallows – One who has escaped, though deserving of the gallows.<\/span>
\nScape-Grace<\/b> – A term of reproach, a graceless fellow.<\/span>
\nScare Up<\/b> – To obtain, get. “Can you scare up<\/i> five dollars?”<\/span>
\nScoff away, scuff away<\/b> – To blow away, drive away, impel.<\/span>
\nSchool\u00a0Ma’am or Marm<\/b> – A school-mistress, teacher.<\/span>
\nSconce<\/b> – The head, pate.<\/span>
\nScoop in<\/b> – Trick, entice, inveigle. “He got scooped into a poker game and lost his shirt.”<\/span>
\nScoot<\/b> – Move fast, run, get going.<\/span>
\nScore Off<\/b> – To get the best of one, especially in a verbal debate.<\/span>
\nScow<\/b> – A large flat-bottomed boat, generally used as a ferry boat, or as a lighter for loading and unloading vessels when they cannot approach the wharf.<\/span>
\nScranch<\/b> – To crunch, crack, or break any hard thing between the teeth.<\/span>
\nScrap<\/b> – To fight or box.<\/span>
\nScrape<\/b> – A shave.<\/span>
\nScraper<\/b> – A razor.<\/span>
\nScraps<\/b> – The dry, husky, and skinny residuum of melted fat.<\/span>
\nScratch<\/b> – Not worth much. “No great scratch.”<\/span>
\nScratch<\/b> – To come to the encounter, begin a fight, i.e. To come to the scratch. Also means to spur a horse.<\/span>
\nScratching Rake<\/b> – A comb.<\/span>
\nScreamer<\/b> – An extraordinary person.<\/span>
\nScreaming<\/b> – First-rate, splendid.<\/span>
\nScrew<\/b> – One who squeezes all he can out of those with whom he has any dealings, an extortioner, miser. Also means salary, wages. Also means a jailer, turnkey, or prison warden.<\/span>
\nScrew Loose<\/b> – Something wrong. “He’s got a screw loose<\/i>.”<\/span>
\nScrouge<\/b> – To crowd, to squeeze.<\/span>
\nScrouger<\/b> – \u00a0A bouncing fellow or girl.<\/span>
\nScrub<\/b> – A horse of little value.<\/span>
\nSchruncher<\/b> – One who eats greedily.<\/span>
\nScuds<\/b> – Money.<\/span>
\nScuss<\/b> – Scarce.<\/span>
\nSee About <\/b>– To attend to, to consider.<\/span>
\nSee How The Cat Jumps<\/b> – A metaphorical expression meaning, to discover the secrets or designs of others.<\/span>
\nSee the Elephant<\/b><\/a> – Originally meant to see combat for the first time, later came to mean going to town, where all the action was or to go somewhere to experience a “worldly event.” Many times denotes disappointment of high-raised expectations.<\/span>
\nSell Out<\/b> – Leave quick.<\/span>
\nServe Up<\/b> – To expose to ridicule, to expose.<\/span>
\nSet About<\/b> – To chastise, beat, thrash. “When I got home he set about<\/i> me with a strap.”<\/span>
\nSet By or Set Much By<\/b> – \u00a0To regard, to esteem. “He behaved himself more wisely than all, so that his name was much set by.\u201d<\/span>
\nSet Her Cap For Him<\/b> – To direct her attentions to him, to endeavor to win his affections.<\/span>
\nSet Store By <\/b>– To set value upon, to appreciate.<\/span>
\nSettled<\/b>\u00a0– Sentenced to prison.<\/span>
\nSet-To<\/b> – Argument, debate, contest in words.<\/span>
\nSetting-Pole<\/b> – A pole pointed with iron, used for propelling vessels or boats up rivers.<\/span>
\nSettle One’s Hash<\/b> – To properly punish one.<\/span>
\nSeven by Nine<\/b> – Something or someone of inferior or common quality. Originated from common window panes of that size.<\/span>
\nSewn Up<\/b> – Exhausted, finished, done. Also means intoxicated.<\/span>
\nShack<\/b> – Bunkhouse.<\/span>
\nShack<\/b> – A vagabond, a low fellow. “He’s a poor shack of a fellow.\u201d<\/span>
\nShackly<\/b> – Loose, rickety.<\/span>
\nShake<\/b> – A prostitute.<\/span>
\nShakes<\/b> – Not much, not so good. “His horse riding abilities are no great shakes<\/i>.” Also means a moment, an instant. “Hold on, I’ll get to it a couple of shakes<\/i>.” Also means a good opportunity, offer, bargain, or chance. “He gave me a good shake<\/i> on that land.”<\/span>
\nShake A Stick At<\/b> – When a man is puzzled to give one an idea of a very great number, he calls it ‘more than you can shake a stick at.’<\/span>
\nShake Down<\/b> – A cowboy’s bedroll.<\/span>
\nShakester, Shickster<\/b> – A female.<\/span>
\nShake Up<\/b> – To obtain, get, procure. “Can you help me shake up<\/i> a fiddle player for the barn dance?<\/span>
\nShank of the Evening<\/b> – Latter part of the afternoon.<\/span>
\nShakes<\/b> – The fever and ague.<\/span>
\nShakes<\/b> – No great shakes. Of no great value, little worth.<\/span>
\nShaky<\/b> – A term applied by lumbermen, dealers in timber, and carpenters, to boards which are inclined to split from defects in the log from which they have been sawed.<\/span>
\nShaney, Shanny<\/b> – A fool.<\/span>
\nShank’s Mare, Shank’s Pony<\/b> – On foot.<\/span>
\nShank<\/b> – The balance, what remains. “Why don’t you come by and spend the shank<\/i> of the evening with me?<\/span>
\nShanty<\/b> – A hut, or mean dwelling.<\/span>
\nSharps<\/b> – Any firearm manufactured Christian Sharps for his Sharps Rifle Company.\u00a0This term also applied to professional gamblers who cheated at the Poker tables.<\/span>
\nSharp Set<\/b> – Hungry.<\/span>
\nSharp Stick<\/b> – ‘He’s after him with a sharp stick,’ i. e. he’s determined to have satisfaction, or revenge.<\/span>
\nShave<\/b> – A narrow escape, a false alarm, a hoax.<\/span>
\nShaver<\/b> – A child or young person of either sex; “What a cute little shaver.”<\/span>
\nShaver <\/b>– One that is close in bargains, or a sharp dealer<\/span>
\nShave Tail<\/b> – A green, inexperienced person.<\/span>
\nShebang<\/b> – A shanty or small house of boards.<\/span>
\nShecoonery – <\/b>A whimsical corruption of the word chicanery. “This town’s got a monstrous bad name for meanery and shecoonery of all sorts<\/span>
\nSheepherder’s Delight<\/b> – Cheap whiskey.<\/span>
\nShet<\/b> – Shut.<\/span>
\nShin<\/b> – Borrow money.<\/span>
\nShindig<\/b> – A dance, party, celebration.<\/span>
\nShindy<\/b><\/a> – Uproar, confusion, a row, a spree.<\/span>
\nShine<\/b> – To take the shine off, is to surpass in beauty or excellence. To take a shine to a person, is to take a fancy to him or her. To cut or make a shine, is to make a great display.<\/span>
\nShin Out<\/b><\/a> – Run away.<\/span>
\nShirk<\/b> – To procure by mean tricks, to steal.<\/span>
\nShivaree<\/b> – A boisterous party for newlyweds.<\/span>
\nShoal<\/b> – To lounge about lazily.<\/span>
\nShootin’ Iron<\/b> – Six-gun or a rifle.<\/span>
\nShoot, Luke, or Give up the Gun <\/b>– Do it or quit talking about it.<\/span>
\nShoot the Cat<\/b> – Vomit.<\/span>
\nShoot the Crow<\/b> – Obtain a drink in a saloon and leave without paying.<\/span>
\nShop-mades<\/b> – Boots.<\/span>
\nShote<\/b> – A young hog, a pig partially grown.<\/span>
\nShote<\/b> – An idle, worthless man.<\/span>
\nShot in the Neck<\/b> – Drunk.<\/span>
\nShot its Back<\/b> – A horse bucking.<\/span>
\nShove the queer<\/b> – To pass counterfeit money.<\/span>
\nShuck Off<\/b> – Take clothes off.<\/span>
\nShucks<\/b> – Worthless people or things.<\/span>
\nShunt<\/b> – To move, turn aside.<\/span>
\nShut<\/b> – Quit, rid. “I want to be shut of you!\u201d<\/span>
\nShut Pan<\/b> – Shut up, shut your mouth.<\/span>
\nShut yer cock holster<\/b> – Shut yer mouth.<\/span>
\nTo Shy<\/b> – To throw a light substance, as a flat stone, or a shell, with a careless jerk. Also means to turn aside, or start, as a horse, to sheer. And means, to hang about.<\/span>
\nSick As A Horse<\/b> – ‘I’m as sick as a horse,’ exceedingly sick.<\/span>
\nSidle<\/b> – Move unobtrusively or sideways; “The young man began to sidle near the pretty girl sitting on the log”<\/span>
\nSignalize<\/b> – To communicate information by means of signals or telegraph.<\/span>
\nSilk<\/b> – Barbed wire.<\/span>
\nSimon Pure<\/b><\/a> – The real thing, a genuine fact. “This is the Simon pure.”<\/span>
\nSin-Buster<\/b><\/a> – A preacher.<\/span>
\nSingin’ to ‘Em<\/b> – Standing night guard.<\/span>
\nSinker<\/b> – Biscuit.<\/span>
\nSipper – <\/b>Gravy<\/span>
\nSittin’ Her<\/b> – Courting a girl.<\/span>
\nSixes And Sevens<\/b> – To be in a state of disorder and confusion.<\/span>
\nSix-shooter Coffee<\/b> – Strong coffee.<\/span>
\nSix-shooter Horse<\/b> – A fast horse.<\/span>
\nSkedaddle<\/b> – Scurry away or run like hell, get, leave, go. “I best skedaddle.”<\/span>
\nSkeersome<\/b> – Frightful.<\/span>
\nSkeezick, skeesic<\/b>k – A mean contemptible fellow.<\/span>
\nSketchily<\/b> – In a “sketchy\u201d manner – lacking substance, superficial, incomplete.<\/span>
\nSkid<\/b> – A piece of light timber from ten to twenty feet in length, upon which heavier timber or other supplies are rolled or slid from place to place.<\/span>
\nSkilly<\/b> – Water-gruel in workhouses or prisons.<\/span>
\nSkilts<\/b> – Brown trowsers formerly worn in New England, that reach just below the knees.<\/span>
\nSkin a Razor – To drive a hard bargain.<\/span>
\nSkin-Flint<\/b> – A tight or close-fisted person with their money.<\/span>
\nSkin Game<\/b> – A swindle.<\/span>
\nSkinned<\/b> – To keep an eye on, lookout.<\/span>
\nSkink<\/b> – To serve a drink.<\/span>
\nSkip a Cog<\/b> – To make a mistake or error.<\/span>
\nSkittles!<\/b> – Nonesense!<\/span>
\nSkulduggery<\/b> – Rascality, treachery.<\/span>
\nSkull<\/b> – The head man anywhere, such as a miner owner or the president.<\/span>
\nSkungle<\/b> – To disappear, make gone.<\/span>
\nSkunk Cabbage<\/b> – A strong-scented, repulsive plant.<\/span>
\nSky A Copper<\/b> – Toss up a penny.<\/span>
\nSkunk Eggs<\/b> – Onions.<\/span>
\nSlab-sided<\/b> – Straight, stiff. Usually applied to people who were prim, formal, or stuffy.<\/span>
\nSlangander<\/b> – To slander, gossip, backbiting.<\/span>
\nSlang-Whanger<\/b> – A writer or noisy talker.<\/span>
\nSlantindicular<\/b> – Slanting, oblique.<\/span>
\nSlap<\/b> – Paint, rouge, cosmetics. Sometimes also used to indicate cheap wall paint.<\/span>
\nSlap-bang<\/b> – a Low eating house.<\/span>
\nSlap-Jacks<\/b> – Pancakes.<\/span>
\nSlat<\/b> – Throw down with violence. “That cowboy slatted his brains out then threw him in the horse tank.\u201d<\/span>
\nSlate<\/b> – Abuse, quarrel.<\/span>
\nSlathers<\/b> – Abundance, no end of.<\/span>
\nSlatted its Sails<\/b> – A horse bucking.<\/span>
\nSlazy<\/b> – A corruption of the word sleazy.<\/span>
\nSlew or Slue<\/b> – In seaman’s language, to turn something around.<\/span>
\nSlewed<\/b> – Moderately drunk.<\/span>
\nSlewer<\/b> – A vulgar word for servant girl.<\/span>
\nSlick or Slike<\/b> – A pronunciation of sleek.\u00a0 “Her face was smooth and slike.\u201d<\/span>
\nSlue<\/b> – Many, large number<\/span>
\nSmall Fry<\/b> – Young children or persons of little importance.<\/span>
\nSmall Potatoes<\/b> – Mean, contemptible, worthless. “He is small potatoes.\u201d<\/span>
\nSmart Sprinkle<\/b> – A good deal; a good many. Used in the interior of the Western States.<\/span>
\nSmock-face<\/b> – A white face, a face without any hair.<\/span>
\nSmoke Pole<\/b> – Six-gun, also referred to as a “smoke wagon.”<\/span>
\nSmooth<\/b> – A meadow, or grass field.<\/span>
\nSmoutch<\/b> – To gouge, to take unfair advantage.<\/span>
\nTo Smutch<\/b> – To blacken with smoke, soot, or coal. “I have smutched my fingers.\u201d<\/span>
\nSnake Out<\/b> – Drag or haul out, as a snake from its hole.<\/span>
\nSnake Pizen<\/b> – Whiskey.<\/span>
\nSnapped<\/b> – Drunk.<\/span>
\nSnatch<\/b> – A hasty meal, a snack.<\/span>
\nSnapper<\/b> – An impudent tattler, impertinent talk, constant chatter.<\/span>
\nSnapperhead<\/b> – An impertinent fellow, one who snaps or answers to quickly or impudently.<\/span>
\nSnippeny, snippy, sniptious, snippish<\/b> – Vain, conceited.<\/span>
\nSnipper-Snapper<\/b> – An effeminate young man; a trifler.<\/span>
\nSnipsnap<\/b> – Tart dialogue, quick replies.<\/span>
\nSnotted<\/b> – Being reprimanded, hauled over the coals.<\/span>
\nSnoozer<\/b> – A thief who robs hotel guests.<\/span>
\nSnorter<\/b> – Impolite reference to a dashing or riotous fellow. A vulgar Western term.<\/span>
\nSnuffy<\/b> – A wild or spirited horse.<\/span>
\nSoak<\/b> – To bake thoroughly.<\/span>
\nSoaked<\/b> – Drunk.<\/span>
\nSoap-Lock<\/b> – A lock of hair made to lie smooth by soaping it.<\/span>
\nSockdologer <\/b>– A powerful punch or blow.<\/span>
\nSodbuster <\/b>– Farmer.<\/span>
\nSoft down on<\/b> – In love with.<\/span>
\nSoft-horn<\/b> – A Tenderfoot, someone new to the West.<\/span>
\nSoft Horse<\/b> – A horse with little stamina.<\/span>
\nSoft Soap or Soft Sawder<\/b> – Flattery; blarney.<\/span>
\nSoft Tack<\/b> – Bread.<\/span>
\nSofty<\/b> – Silly person, half-witted.<\/span>
\nSog<\/b> – Dullness, lethargy.<\/span>
\nSoiled Dove<\/b> – Prostitute.<\/span>
\nSold His Saddle<\/b> – Disgraced.<\/span>
\nSold Up<\/b> – Poor or distressed.<\/span>
\nSole-slogger<\/b> – A shoe-maker.<\/span>
\nSomeone to Ride the River With<\/b><\/a> – A person to be counted on; reliable; got it where it counts.<\/span>
\nSonk, Sonkey<\/b> – A stupid fellow.<\/span>
\nSonofabitch Stew<\/b> – A cowboy concoction that contained cow heart, testicles, tongue, liver, and marrow gut. Probably first served on a trail drive using the ingredients at hand.<\/span>
\nSossle Or Sozzle<\/b> – A lazy or sluttish woman.<\/span>
\nSound <\/b>\u00a0– True,healthy, staunch, reliable.<\/span>
\nSoup<\/b> – Nitroglycerine. Was often used to open bank vault. Also called “oil.”<\/span>
\nSourdough<\/b> – In cowboy lingo — a cook or a bachelor. In mining and Old West slang, a sourdough was an experienced prospector, or a veteran in his field..<\/span>
\nSour On<\/b> – To get sick of someone or something, \u00a0to give up something out of disgust.<\/span>
\nSowbelly<\/b> – Bacon<\/span>
\nSpan<\/b> – A span of horses consists of a pair that are very much alike and harnessed side by side.<\/span>
\nSpark – <\/b>A lover, a beau.<\/span>
\nSparking<\/b> – Courting.<\/span>
\nSpell<\/b> –\u00a0Time; for a while.<\/span>
\nSpider<\/b> – A cast iron frying-pan with three legs.<\/span>
\nSpike Team<\/b> – A wagon drawn by three horses, or by two oxen and a horse.<\/span>
\nSpill<\/b> – A strip of paper rolled up to light a lamp or or a cigar.<\/span>
\nSplendiferous<\/b> – Splendid, fine.<\/span>
\nSpooney<\/b> – A stupid or silly fellow, also a disgusting drunk.<\/span>
\nSportsman<\/b> – A term often applied to a gambler.<\/span>
\nSposh<\/b> – A mixture of mud and water.<\/span>
\nSqually<\/b> – A sailor\u2019s word for windy, gusty.<\/span>
\nSquatter<\/b> – One who settles on land without legal title, a widespread practice in the West.<\/span>
\nSquaw<\/b> – An extremely derisive term for an Indian woman. Though this term was widely used in the Old West so much so that it became common language, it should not be perpetuated. as the term loosely translates to the “C” word that might be utilized today.<\/span>
\nSquaw Wood<\/b> – Cowchips.<\/span>
\nSqueeze the Biscuit<\/b> – Grabbing the saddle horn, not something a cowboy wants to get caught doing.<\/span>
\nSquirtish<\/b> – Dandified.<\/span>
\nSparkle Up – <\/b>To hasten, be quick.<\/span>
\nSparrow Catching<\/b> – Looking for a girl to go out with.<\/span>
\nSpeeler<\/b> – A gambler.<\/span>
\nSpindigo<\/b> – Said of one who has come out badly, such as failing an examination or losing on the Stock Exchange.<\/span>
\nSplashing<\/b> – Talking without making sense or talking too much.<\/span>
\nSplit Fair<\/b> – Tell the truth, divulge, inform.<\/span>
\nSpoon<\/b> – To court, make love, woo.<\/span>
\nSpoons<\/b> – Equivalent of money, means or fortune.<\/span>
\nSpoops, Spoosy<\/b> – A soft-brained fellow, or one whose manners are objectionable.<\/span>
\nSpread oneself<\/b> – To boast.<\/span>
\nSpudgel<\/b> – To move or run away quickly.<\/span>
\nSquabash<\/b> – To kill.<\/span>
\nSquaddle<\/b> – To depart rapidly, begone, cut and run, skedaddle.<\/span>
\nSquibob<\/b> – A term applied in contempt or indifference.<\/span>
\nSquiffed, Squiffy<\/b> – Slightly intoxicated.<\/span>
\nSquinny<\/b> – To cause a laugh, to laugh, wink, smile.<\/span>
\nStaddle<\/b> – A young tree; a tree left to grow when others are cut.<\/span>
\nStall Your Mug<\/b> – Go away, make yourself scarce.<\/span>
\nStancheous<\/b> – Strong; durable.<\/span>
\nStand In<\/b> – \u00a0To cost. “This horse stands me in two hundred dollars.\u201d<\/span>
\nStand the gaff<\/b> – Take punishment in good spirit. “He can really stand the gaff.”<\/span>
\nStars<\/b> – A Southern pronunciation of the word stairs, like bar for bear.<\/span>
\nTo Stave<\/b> – To break a hole in, to break, to burst, as, ‘to stave a cask.’ Also means to hurry or press forward.<\/span>
\nStave Off <\/b>– To push away as with a staff, to delay, as, ‘to stave off the execution of the project<\/span>
\nSteamer <\/b>– Tobacco pipe.<\/span>
\nSteel<\/b> – Spurs.<\/span>
\nStemps<\/b> – Legs.<\/span>
\nStem-winder<\/b> – Applied to anything quite perfect, finished, with the latest improvements.<\/span>
\nStepping Ken – A dance house.<\/span>
\nStevedore<\/b> – A man employed in loading and unloading vessels<\/span>
\nStew<\/b> – To be in a stew, is to be in a heat, a confusion of mind.<\/span>
\nStew in one’s own juice<\/b> –\u00a0To suffer from one’s own action.<\/span>
\nStick<\/b> – An inefficient person.<\/span>
\nTo Stick<\/b> – To take in, to impose upon, to cheat in trade. “I’m stuck with a counterfeit note”<\/span>
\nSticker<\/b> – A butcher or slaughterer.<\/span>
\nSticks<\/b> – Furniture.<\/span>
\nStickling<\/b> – Hesitating, delaying.<\/span>
\nStingo<\/b> – Strong ale.<\/span>
\nStiver<\/b> –\u00a0 To run, to move off.<\/span>
\nStob<\/b> – Small stake.<\/span>
\nStogies – <\/b>Cheap, secondhand boots.<\/span>
\nStomp<\/b> – Dance.<\/span>
\nStove-pipe<\/b> – A silk hat.<\/span>
\nStrapper<\/b> – A woman of a bulky form. A large, tall person.<\/span>
\nStrapping<\/b> – Huge, lusty, bouncing, as, ‘a strapping lass.<\/span>
\nStreaked or Streaky <\/b>– Frightened, annoyed, confused, alarmed.<\/span>
\nStretcher<\/b> – A notorious lie.<\/span>
\nStretchin’ the Blanket<\/b> – Telling a tall tale.<\/span>
\nString<\/b> – A line of horses.<\/span>
\nString<\/b> – A common name among teamsters for a whip.<\/span>
\nString-Beans<\/b> – French beans, so called from the string-like substance stripped from the side of the pod in preparing it for the table.<\/span>
\nStringing a Whizzer<\/b> – Telling a tall tale.<\/span>
\nStrong enough to float a colt<\/b> –\u00a0Very strong coffee.<\/span>
\nStoved up<\/b> – Crippled, badly injured, or too old. Also, “stove in.”<\/span>
\nStuff <\/b>– A weak, worthless person, one without energy.<\/span>
\nStuffy<\/b> – Stout, mettlesome, resolute<\/span>
\nStumper<\/b> – A puzzler.<\/span>
\nStump Orator<\/b> – A man who preaches from the stump of a tree, or other elevation.<\/span>
\nStumpage<\/b> – The sum paid to owners of land for the privilege of cutting the timber growing thereon.<\/span>
\nStrumpet<\/b>– A prostitute.<\/span>
\nSuck Egg<\/b> – A silly person.<\/span>
\nSucker<\/b> – A hard drinker, a drunkard.<\/span>
\nSucking Hind Tit<\/b> – Being last and getting the least.<\/span>
\nSuitcase Rancher<\/b> – An absentee rancher.<\/span>
\nSugar<\/b> \u2013 Kiss or loving. “Honey, come over here and give your grandma some sugar.”<\/span>
\nSulky<\/b> – A carriage for a single person, generally in the form of a chaise.<\/span>
\nSunday-face<\/b> – The behind, buttocks.<\/span>
\nSure As A Gun<\/b> – Absolutely certain.<\/span>
\nSurface Coal<\/b> – Cowchips.<\/span>
\nSwack-up<\/b> – A falsehood.<\/span>
\nSwad<\/b> – A crowd, numerous, a mass, bunch.<\/span>
\nSwacking<\/b> – Huge, robust.<\/span>
\nSwad<\/b> – A lump, mass, or hunch, also, a crowd.<\/span>
\nSwag<\/b> – A term used in speaking of booty lately obtained.<\/span>
\nI Swamp It! – <\/b>An interjection of the same meaning as I swan!<\/span>
\nSwamp Seed <\/b>– Rice.<\/span>
\nSwan<\/b> – So surprised, ready to faint or pass out. “Well, I swan.”<\/span>
\nSwanga<\/b> – A word used among some southern blacks in connection with buckra, as swanga buckra, meaning a dandy white man, or literally, a dandy devil.<\/span>
\nSweep<\/b> – The pole or piece of timber moved on a fulcrum or post, used to lower and raise a bucket in a well for drawing water.<\/span>
\nSweet On<\/b> – In love with.<\/span>
\nTo Swinge<\/b> – To whip, to bastinade, to punish.<\/span>
\nSwate<\/b> – A violent slap or blow in the face with the open hand.<\/span>
\nSwitchback \u2013 <\/b>a trail using a zig zag course up a steep grade<\/span>
\nSwitch In<\/b> – To bring in quickly, to incite promptness. “Now’s your time, boys; switch in and let them have it.”<\/span>
\nI Swow!<\/b> – An exclamation.<\/span>
\nSycher<\/b> – A contemptible person.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Table Muscle – <\/b>A pot belly.<\/span>
\nTaffy<\/b> – Flattery.<\/span>
\nTail-Race<\/b> – The water course leading from a mill after it has passed the water-wheel.<\/span>
\n‘Taint<\/b> – A corrupt abbreviation for it is not.<\/span>
\nTake French Leave<\/b> – To desert, sneak off without permission.<\/span>
\nTake on<\/b><\/a> – Grieve. “Don’t take on so.”<\/span>
\nTake the Rag Off<\/b><\/a> – Surpass, beat all. “Well, if that don’t take the rag off the bush.”<\/span>
\nTake the Starch Out<\/b> – Extinguish one’s conceit, widely applied to weakening, refuting or deterioration.<\/span>
\nTalking-Iron<\/b> – A gun or rifle, called also a shooting-iron.<\/span>
\nTall Hog at the Trough<\/b><\/a> – Superior, outstanding, exudes leadership.<\/span>
\nTallow<\/b> – Fat, whether on humans or animals.<\/span>
\nTally – <\/b>To live tally is to live as man and wife though not married.<\/span>
\nTan Your Hide<\/b> – Spanking. “I started raisin’ Cain, an my mama said she was going to tan my hide!”<\/span>
\nTangle-footed, tangle- legged<\/b> – Drunk from bad whiskey.<\/span>
\nTaos Lightening<\/b> – A name given to any potent liquor.<\/span>
\nTaps<\/b> – To be on one’s taps is to be on one’s feet, on the move, ready to move.<\/span>
\nTaradiddles<\/b> – Falsehoods, traveler’s yarns or tales.<\/span>
\nTare, Tear<\/b> – A frolic, spree, riot, bender, rampage.<\/span>
\nTarantula Juice<\/b> – Cheap whiskey.<\/span>
\nTarnal<\/b> – Yankee swear word.<\/span>
\nTarnation<\/b> – A mild oath or explanation.<\/span>
\nTatch, Thatch<\/b> – Hat.<\/span>
\nTeapot<\/b> – A depot or railroad station.<\/span>
\nTearin’ up Jake<\/b> – Making a lot of noise.\u00a0 “He must be tearin’ up Jake out there!”<\/span>
\nTear Squeezer<\/b> – A sad story.<\/span>
\nTechy or <\/b>\u00a0Techy as a Teased Snake <\/b>– Grumpy, irritable.<\/span>
\nTee-Total<\/b> – Entirely, total.<\/span>
\nTee-Totaller<\/b> – A thorough temperance man, who avoids every kind of ardent spirits, wine, and beer.<\/span>
\nTen-cent Man<\/b> – A small, narrow-minded, trifling man.<\/span>
\nTen Commandments<\/b> – Fingers or nails.<\/span>
\nTenderfoot<\/b><\/a> – A person new to the job, or a young person.<\/span>
\nTenderloin<\/b><\/a> – The red-light commercial district of a town, featuring brothels.<\/span>
\nTendsome<\/b> – Requiring much attendance, as, ‘a tendsome child.’<\/span>
\nTer <\/b>– To<\/span>
\nTexas Butter<\/b> – Gravy made with flour, hot water, and fried steak grease.<\/span>
\nTexas Cakewalk<\/b> – A hanging.<\/span>
\nThere You Ain’t<\/b> – Expresses a failure. The opposite of “There you are.”<\/span>
\nThree-by-nine smile<\/b> – A laug or smile to the full extent on the jaws.<\/span>
\nThree-legged Mare<\/b> – Gallows.<\/span>
\nThumper<\/b> – A gross falsehood.<\/span>
\nThumping<\/b> – Very large.<\/span>
\nTied Up<\/b> – Given over, finished.<\/span>
\nTiger Town<\/b> – Refers to an alley, street or district that had many gambling halls where Faro<\/a>was played. Also referred to as “Tiger Alley.”<\/span>
\nTight<\/b> – Drunk<\/span>
\nTightener<\/b> – A hearty meal.<\/span>
\nTile Loose, Tile Off<\/b> – Slightly deranged. Also “slate loose.”<\/span>
\nTilt On<\/b> – to come across, meet.<\/span>
\nTimbers<\/b> – Legs. Also “stems” or “pegs.”<\/span>
\nTin<\/b> – Money.<\/span>
\nTin-horn Lot<\/b> – A term used to express contempt towards a small-minded or mean fellow.<\/span>
\nTinker’s News<\/b> – News that has already been heard or told before.<\/span>
\nTippery<\/b> – Payment<\/span>
\nThat Dog Won’t Hunt<\/b> – That idea or argument isn’t going to work. Or, the person saying it doesn’t believe what you’re saying. \u00a0After I broke curfew for the second time and blamed it on my car catching fire, my daddy said to me, “Traci, that dog won’t hunt.”<\/span>
\nThree Ways from Sunday<\/b> –\u00a0Moving quickly; high-tailing it out of there.<\/span>
\nThrow Off on<\/b> – Make fun of.<\/span>
\nThrow up the sponge<\/b> – Quit, give up, surrender.<\/span>
\nThundering<\/b> – Very, exceedingly.<\/span>
\nThumb Buster<\/b> – Single action six-gun that required cocking.<\/span>
\nTie To<\/b> – Rely on. “He’s a man you can tie to.”<\/span>
\nTight Scrouging<\/b> – Hard squeezing. Said of anything difficult to accomplish.<\/span>
\nTipple<\/b> – Drink liquor.<\/span>
\nTin<\/b> – A slang word for money. ‘Kelter,’ ‘dimes,’ ‘dough,’ rocks,’ and many other words are used in the same manner.<\/span>
\nTiswin<\/b> – A kind of weak beer brewed from corn, popular among the Apache.<\/span>
\nTitivate<\/b> – To dress up.<\/span>
\nTit For Tat<\/b> – I shall treat you as you treat me.<\/span>
\nTitter<\/b> – An eruption on the skin.<\/span>
\nToad Strangler<\/b> – Heavy rain.<\/span>
\nToddle, Tortle, Turtle<\/b> – To be off.<\/span>
\nToddy<\/b> – A kind of punch made of rum, water, sugar, and nutmeg.<\/span>
\nToff <\/b>– A dandy, a swell, one who dresses well. “Toffer” is the female version.<\/span>
\nToggery, Togs – <\/b>Clothing.<\/span>
\nTo Rights<\/b> – In the proper way.<\/span>
\nTote<\/b> – A hard drinker.<\/span>
\nTo Toll<\/b> – To entice, to lead on. Western.<\/span>
\nTombstones<\/b> – Large teeth.<\/span>
\nTongs<\/b> – A name for pantaloons and roundabouts formerly in use in New England.<\/span>
\nTongue Oil<\/b> – Strong liquor.<\/span>
\nTonsil Paint<\/b> – Liquor, also referred to as “tonsil varnish.”<\/span>
\nToo Big For His Breeches<\/b> – Said of a man who is above his business, arrogant, haughty.<\/span>
\nToo Much Mustard<\/b> – A braggart.<\/span>
\nTopping<\/b> – Elegant, swell, great.<\/span>
\nTop-sawyer<\/b> – Denoting excellence, superiority<\/span>
\nTornado Juice<\/b> – Whiskey.<\/span>
\nTottie<\/b> – A fast girl.<\/span>
\nTottle, Tottlish<\/b> – To walk unsteadily.<\/span>
\nTowelling<\/b> – Thrashing, beating.<\/span>
\nTrace<\/b> \u2013 A trail or path.<\/span>
\nTrailing<\/b> – Moving cattle from one location to another.<\/span>
\nTrain Up<\/b> – Hurry.<\/span>
\nTrampous, Trampoose<\/b> – To walk, to lounge or wander about, to tramp.<\/span>
\nTranklements, trollybobs, trollybags<\/b> – Entrails, intestines.<\/span>
\nTraps<\/b> – Goods, household stuff, baggage.<\/span>
\nTrat<\/b> – A pretty girl.<\/span>
\nTo Tree<\/b> – To take refuge in a tree, usually said of a wild animal. To tree oneself, is to conceal oneself behind a tree.<\/span>
\nTrickly<\/b> – Tricklish, practicing tricks.<\/span>
\nTricks<\/b> – Ones personal belongings.<\/span>
\nTrig A Wheel<\/b> – To stop a wheel so as to prevent its going backwards or forwards<\/span>
\nTrimmings<\/b> – Bread and butter and other necessary eatables for the tea-table.<\/span>
\nTrotter Boxes, Trotter Cases<\/b> – Shoes or boots.<\/span>
\nTrounce<\/b> – To beat<\/span>
\nTruckage<\/b> – The charges for carrying on a truck, the cartage.<\/span>
\nTruk, Trug<\/b> – A prostitute of the lowest class. Usually dirty, slatternly.<\/span>
\nTub-thumping<\/b> – Street preaching.<\/span>
\nTuckered Out<\/b> – Tired out, fatigued.<\/span>
\n‘Twa’n’t<\/b> – It was not.<\/span>
\nTwig<\/b><\/a> – Observe, understand.<\/span>
\nTwist<\/b> – A good appetite. Also to outlaws, it means to hang.<\/span>
\nTwistical<\/b> – Tortuous, unfair, not quite moral.<\/span>
\nTwisting the Tiger’s Tail<\/b> – Playing Faro or poker. Also referred to as “bucking the tiger.”<\/span>
\nTwofer<\/b> – A loose woman.<\/span>
\nTwo Whoops and a Holler<\/b> – Not far away.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ugly as a Mud Fence <\/b>– Used to describe someone who was very ugly.<\/span>
\nUncorkin’ a Bronc<\/b> – Breaking a horse.<\/span>
\nUnmentionables<\/b> – Underwear.<\/span>
\nUnsalted<\/b> – Fresh, green, young, inexperienced.<\/span>
\nUnshucked<\/b> – Cowboy talk for naked. An unshucked gun is one that’s out of the holster.<\/span>
\nUnwound<\/b> – A horse bucking.<\/span>
\nUp a Tree, Treed<\/b> – In difficulty, cornered, unable to do anything.<\/span>
\nUppish<\/b> – Proud, insolent.<\/span>
\nUpper Story<\/b> – The brain, the head. “He\u2019s not right in his upper story.\u201d<\/span>
\nUp the Spout<\/b> – Gone to waste or ruin.<\/span>
\nUp Stakes<\/b> – To depart in a hurry. Same as “cut stick.”<\/span>
\nUp To The Hub<\/b> – To the extreme point.<\/span>
\nUp To Snuff<\/b> – To be flash, to be shrewd.<\/span>
\nUp the Spout<\/b> – Imprisoned.<\/span>
\nUp To Trap<\/b> – Knowing, shrewd.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Valley Tan<\/b> – A kind of liquor sold in Mormon Country.<\/span>
\nVamoose<\/b> – To disappear or leave quickly.<\/span>
\nVaulting House<\/b> – Brothel.<\/span>
\nVelvet Couch – <\/b>A cowboy’s bedroll.<\/span>
\nVamos<\/b> – A Spanish word signifying let us go.<\/span>
\nVarmint<\/b> – A corrupt pronunciation of the word vermin.<\/span>
\nVum<\/b> – A form of swearing. “I vum!” similary to “I vow!”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Wabble<\/b> – Make free use of one’s tongue, to be a ready speaker.<\/span>
\nWaddy<\/b><\/a> – One of the words for cowboy, especially a cowboy who drifted from ranch to ranch and helped out in busy times.<\/span>
\nWag-tail<\/b> – A prostitute.<\/span>
\nWait On<\/b> – To court.<\/span>
\nWake Snakes<\/b> – To raise a ruckus.<\/span>
\nWake up\/Woke up the Wrong Passenger<\/b> – To trouble or anger the wrong person.<\/span>
\nWalk The Chalk<\/b> – Walk straight.<\/span>
\nWall<\/b> – Roll your eyes.<\/span>
\nWamble-Cropped<\/b> – Sick at the stomach, and figuratively, wretched, humiliated.<\/span>
\nWampum<\/b> – In the Massachusetts Indian language, this word means white, or the color of shells.<\/span>
\nWap<\/b> – To throw quickly, to flap<\/span>
\nWar Bag<\/b> – Cowboys traveled light, and stored their meager worldly possessions in his “war bag”. Inside was generally everything he owned, typically an extra set of clothes, extra ammunition, spare parts for equipment, playing cards, bill of sale for his horse, and maybe a harmonica or a few precious letters. Also called a “war sack” and a “yannigan bag.”<\/span>
\nWar Bonnet<\/b> – Hat.<\/span>
\nWashy<\/b> – Weak, not firm or hardy.<\/span>
\nWasp Nest<\/b> – Light bread.<\/span>
\nWattles<\/b> – Ears.<\/span>
\nWax<\/b> – In a rage.<\/span>
\nWay-Bill<\/b> – A list of the passengers in a stage-coach, railroad car, steamboat, or other public conveyance.<\/span>
\nWearing the Bustle Wrong<\/b> – Referring to a pregnant woman.<\/span>
\nWeather-Breeder<\/b> – A cloudless sky, after a succession of rainy weather, denotes rain, and is said to be a weatherbreeder<\/span>
\nWeed<\/b> – A common term for tobacco.<\/span>
\nWell To Live<\/b> – To be in easy circumstances, to live comfortably.<\/span>
\nWhack<\/b> – To share.<\/span>
\nWhacker<\/b> – Anything very large, same as a “whopper.”<\/span>
\nWhale Away<\/b> – To preach, talk or lecture continuously or vehemently.<\/span>
\nWhang<\/b> – Sinews of the buffalo or other animal, or small strips of thin deer-skin, used by the dwellers and hunters of the prairies for sewing.<\/span>
\nWhaling<\/b> – A lashing, a beating.<\/span>
\nWhaler<\/b> – A big, strapping fellow.<\/span>
\nWhap<\/b> – A quick and smart stroke.<\/span>
\nWhapper or Whopper<\/b> – Anything uncommonly large, as, ‘That’s a whopper,’ meaning a monstrous lie.<\/span>
\nWhapping<\/b> – Very large.<\/span>
\nWhat in the Tarnation<\/b> – A polite way of saying “What the hell?”<\/span>
\nTo Wheal<\/b> – To swell.<\/span>
\nWheel-Horse<\/b> – An intimate friend, one’s right-hand man.<\/span>
\nWhelk<\/b> – An old name for a pustule, a pimple. The word is not much used in America.<\/span>
\nWhelky<\/b> – Protuberant, rounded.<\/span>
\nWhim-Wham<\/b> – A toy, a freak, a strange fancy.<\/span>
\nWhip-belly<\/b> – Bad beer.<\/span>
\nWhistle Berries<\/b> – Beans.<\/span>
\nWhite Eye<\/b> – Maize whiskey.<\/span>
\nWhite-Eyed<\/b> – Exhausted.<\/span>
\nWhite Liner<\/b> – An alcoholic.<\/span>
\nWhite Tape, White Wine<\/b> – Gin<\/span>
\nWhitewash<\/b> – To gloss over or hide one’s faults or shortcomings.<\/span>
\nWhittled<\/b> – Drunk<\/span>
\nWho-Hit-John<\/a><\/strong> – Liquor, beer, intoxicating spirits. “He had a little too much who-hit-John.”<\/span>
\nWhole Hog<\/b> \u2013 All the way, all of it. “Go the whole hog!\u201d<\/span>
\nWhole Kit and Caboodle<\/b> – The entire thing.<\/span>
\nWhomper-jawed<\/b> – Uneven.<\/span>
\nWhoremonger<\/b> \u2013 A man who frequents prostitutes.<\/span>
\nWhuppin’<\/b> – Spanking.<\/span>
\nWicket<\/b> – A place of shelter, or camp made of the boughs of trees.<\/span>
\nWidow<\/b> – The gallows.<\/span>
\nWidow Maker<\/b> – A very bad or “outlaw” horse.<\/span>
\nWigging<\/b> – A rebuke.<\/span>
\nWild Mare’s Milk<\/b> – Whiskey.<\/span>
\nWild West Weekly<\/b> – Pulp or “dime” novels.<\/span>
\nWindies<\/b> – Tall Tales.<\/span>
\nWinsome<\/b> – Lively, cheerful, gay.<\/span>
\nWipe Your Chin<\/b> –\u00a0Be quiet.<\/span>
\nWolfer<\/b> – A man with a large appetite or a hard drinker.<\/span>
\nWolfish<\/b> – Savage, savagely hungry.<\/span>
\nWood<\/b> – Saddle.<\/span>
\nWooding-Place<\/b> – A station on the banks of a river where the steamboats stop to take in supplies of wood.<\/span>
\nWoolies<\/b> – Sheep<\/span>
\nWoolsey<\/b> – A cheap hat, usually made of wool.<\/span>
\nWorm-Fence<\/b> – A rail fence laid up in a zig-zag manner.<\/span>
\nWorse Than a Cat in a Roomful of Rockers<\/b> – Someone who is really nervous.<\/span>
\nWrathy<\/b> – Very angry.<\/span>
\nWrapper<\/b> – A loose dress or gown.<\/span>
\nWrinkle<\/b> – Whim, fancy, a cunning trick or artful dodge.<\/span>
\nWrinkled His Spine<\/b> – A horse bucking.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Yam<\/b> – To eat.<\/span>
\nYammerin’<\/b><\/a> – Talking. “Drink yer coffee an’ quit yer yammerin’.”<\/span>
\nYannigan Bag<\/b> – A bag in which the cowboy carried personal items, also known as a “war bag.”<\/span>
\nYarn<\/b> – A story.<\/span>
\nYeath<\/b> – For earth.<\/span>
\nYegg (or John Yegg) <\/b>– Bandit chief<\/span>
\nYellow Belly<\/b> –\u00a0A coward.<\/span>
\nYellow Hammer<\/b> – Gold coin.<\/span>
\nYellows<\/b> – Often pronounced yallers. A disease of horses and cattle, which is indicated by a yellow appearance of the eyes, inside of the lips, etc.<\/span>
\nYer<\/b> – You<\/span>
\nYere<\/b> – Here<\/span>
\nYourn<\/b> – \u00a0A form of ‘yours’, as in “This un’s mine, that un’s yourn.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Zitted<\/b> – Zipped, flew. “The bullets zitted about in every direction.”<\/span>
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Abisselfa<\/b> – By itself.<\/span>
\nAbandons<\/b> – Foundlings. Also applied to a street prostitute.<\/span>
\nAbove-Board<\/b> – In open sight, without artifice, or trick.<\/span>
\nAbove One’s Bend<\/b> – Out of one’s power, beyond reach.<\/span>
\nAbove Snakes<\/b><\/a> – If you were “above snakes,\u201d you were above ground – meaning still alive.<\/span>
\nAbsquatulate<\/b> – To leave or disappear.<\/span>
\nAce in the Hole<\/b> – A hideout or a hidden gun.<\/b><\/span>
\nAce-High<\/b> – Depending upon the context, this might mean “first class and respected\u201d, or it could mean a winning poker hand.<\/span>
\nAccording to Hoyle<\/b> – Correct, by the book. “Hoyle” is a dictionary of rules for card playing games.<\/span>
\nAcknowledge the Corn<\/b> – To admit the truth, to confess a lie, or acknowledge an obvious personal shortcoming.<\/span>
\nAcock<\/b> – Knocked over, defeated, astounded, suddenly surprised.<\/span>
\nAcorn Calf <\/b>– A weak or runty calf.<\/span>
\nAcquisitive<\/b> – Booty, plunder.<\/span>
\nAcreocracy<\/b> – Signifies a landlord interest.<\/span>
\nAcross Lots<\/b> – The fastest way possible, in the most expeditious manner.<\/span>
\nActual<\/b> – Money.<\/span>
\nAdam’s Ale<\/b> – Water.<\/span>
\nAddle-headed<\/b> – Empty-headed, not smart.<\/span>
\nAddle-pot<\/b> – A spoil sport<\/span>
\nAdvantage<\/b> – Pocket advantage<\/i> – Carrying a derringer in a coat pocket that is charged and at half cock. Sometimes a shot is fired through the pocket itself.<\/span>
\nAfeared<\/b> – Scared, frightened.<\/span>
\nAfterclaps<\/b> – Unexpected happenings after an event is supposed to be over.<\/span>
\nAfly<\/b> – To become expert at.<\/span>
\nAgee, Ajee<\/b> – Askew, crooked.<\/span>
\nA Hog-Killin’ Time<\/b> – A real good time. “We went to the Rodeo Dance and had us a hog-killin’ time.”<\/span>
\nAirin’ the Lungs<\/b> – A cowboy term for cussing.<\/span>
\nAirin’ the Paunch<\/b> – Vomit, throw-up, regurgitate. He’s “airing the paunch” after a heavy bout of drinking.<\/span>
\nAirish<\/b> – A little cool.<\/span>
\nAir Line Road<\/b> – A railroad track when it passes over the level unbroken prairie.<\/span>
\nAirtights<\/b> – Canned goods, such as canned beans, milk, or fruit.<\/span>
\nAlfalfa Desperado<\/b> – What cowboys often called a farmer.<\/span>
\nA Lick and a Promise<\/b><\/a> – <\/b>To do a haphazard job. “She just gave it a lick and a promise.”<\/span>
\nAll Abroad<\/b> – At a loss, not comprehending.<\/span>
\nAll Beer and Skittles<\/b> – Unpleasant, not so happy.<\/span>
\nAll Down But Nine<\/b><\/a> – <\/b>Missed the point, not understood. This referenced missing all nine pins in bowling. (Yes, there was bowling during Old West times.)<\/span>
\nAll-fired<\/b> – Very, great, immensely; used for emphasis. He is just too all-fired lazy to get any work done around here. Also “hell-fired\u201d and “jo-fired.”<\/span>
\nAllers<\/b> – Always<\/span>
\nAll My Eye<\/b> – Nonsense, untrue.<\/span>
\nAll Over<\/b> – Bearing a resemblance to some particular object<\/span>
\nAll-overish<\/b> – Uncomfortable. “I was just all-overish around that steely-eyed man.”<\/span>
\nAll the Caboose<\/b> – Everywhere<\/span>
\nAll the Shoot<\/b> – The whole assembly, al the party.<\/span>
\nAll to Pieces<\/b><\/a>\u00a0– Completely, absolutely.<\/span>
\nAllot Upon<\/b> – To intend, to form a purpose. “I allot upon going to Boston.\u201d<\/span>
\nAll-Standing<\/b> – Without preparation, suddenly.<\/span>
\nAmbush<\/b> – The scales used by grocers, coal-dealers, etc. Call such because the were always “lying in weight.\u201d<\/span>
\nAmong the Willows<\/b><\/a> – Dodging the Law.<\/span>
\nAmputate Your Timber, or mahogan<\/b>y – Go way, run off.<\/span>
\nAngelicas<\/b> – Young unmarried women.<\/span>
\nAngolmaniacs<\/b> – Another name for those “back east,\u201d ultra-English.<\/span>
\nAngoras<\/b> – Hair-covered, goat-hide chaps. Especially good in cold weather.<\/span>
\nAnnex<\/b> – To steal. This became popular at the time Texas was annexed, which was regarded by many as a theft.<\/span>
\nAnti-fogmatic<\/b> – Raw rum or whiskey. “I see that bartender is mixing a couple of anti-fogmatics.”<\/span>
\nAnti-goglin<\/b> – Lopsided.<\/span>
\nApple<\/b> – Saddle horn.<\/span>
\nApple Jack<\/b> – A liquor distilled from cider, also called cider brandy.<\/span>
\nApple Peeler<\/b> – Pocket Knife<\/span>
\nApple Pie Order<\/b> – In top shape, perfect order.<\/span>
\nArbuckle’s<\/b><\/a> – <\/b>\u00a0Slang for coffee, taken from a popular brand of the time. “I need a cup of Arbuckle’s.”<\/span>
\nArgufy<\/b> – Argue, to have weight as an argument.<\/span>
\nArgy<\/b> – Argue<\/span>
\nArikara<\/b> (also Arikaree<\/b>) – This term is believed to mean “horns,” after this tribe’s ancient custom of wearing hair ornaments that stuck upright and were made of bone.<\/span>
\nArkansas Toothpick<\/b><\/a> – A long, sharp knife. Also known as a California or Missouri toothpick.<\/span>
\nArmas<\/b> – Spanish forerunner of chaps. Cowboys fastened two large pieces of cowhide to the side of the saddle that protected their legs from thorns and brush.<\/span>
\nAry<\/b> – Either.<\/span>
\nAsh-Hopper<\/b> – A lie cask, or box for ashes, resembling a hopper in a mill.<\/span>
\nAsk No Adds<\/b> – Ask no favor.<\/span>
\nAspen<\/b> \u2013 A high altitude hardwood tree.<\/span>
\nAt Sea<\/b><\/a> – <\/b>At a loss, not comprehending. “When it comes to understanding women, I\u2019m at sea.”<\/span>
\nAttitudinize<\/b> – To assume an affected attitude.<\/span>
\nAtween<\/b> – Between.<\/span>
\nAtwixt<\/b> – Between. “There were hard feelings atwixt them.”<\/span>
\nAuger<\/b> – The big boss.<\/span><\/p>\n