Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(US) logs placed side by side to form a ‘corduroy’ road.

1966

K. Porter ‘Still More Ethnic and Place names as Derisive Adjectives’ Western Folklore XXV:1 37: Arkansas asphalt. Logs laid side by side to form a ‘corduroy’ road.

(US) salt pork.

1905		J.W. Carr ‘Words from Northwest Arkansas’ in DN III:i 69: Arkansas chicken, n. Salt pork.
1989		H. Rawson Dict. of Invective (1991) 289: Cape Cod turkey, a tongue-in-cheek euphemism for dried salt codfish, and one of a large subset of place names that have been used to flavor different foods, e.g. [...] Arkansas chicken, salt pork.

(US) a piece of hose used to syphon petrol from another car into the tank of one’s own.

1975		L. Dills CB Slanguage 3: Arkansas Credit Card: rubber siphon hose.
1992		Amer. Post 11 Nov. n.p.: Arkansas credit card — a length of hose used as a siphon.
2002		VH1.com 🌐 Because the pay was poor, musicians went from one club to another using the ‘Arkansas credit card’ – a siphon, a rubber hose and a five gallon can.

(US) a chamberpot.

1962

Western Folkore 21. 29: Arkansas fire extinguisher — a chamberpot.

(US) a flea, a louse.

1918		H. Simons ‘Prison Dict.’ in AS VIII:3 24/1: Arkansas lizard. Louse.
1960, 1975		Wentworth & Flexner DAS 8/1: Arkansas lizard: a louse [...] (archaic).

(US) a little-used railway branchline.

1950, 1969

in DARE I 86/2: Arkansas traveler [...] also Arkansas special: An unimportant branch railroad.

(US) bacon.

1967

in DARE.

(US) a large knife, similar to a Bowie knife.

1835		Phila. Enquirer 25 Aug. n.p.: A curious kind of butcher knife, the blade of which shoots in and out of the handle by a spring and is known by the name of ‘Bodie’s [sic] Knife.’ or ‘The Arkansas Toothpick.’.
1845		‘Fight with Snapping Turtle’ in Martin & Aytoun Bon Gaultier Ballads 60: Straightway leapt the valiant Slingsby / Into armor of Seville, / With a strong Arkansas toothpick / Screwed in every joint of steel.
1855		Herald of Freedom (Lawrence KA) 9 June n.p.: We mistrust that the author of that statement saw a Missouri toothpick, and was frightened out of his wits.
1857		White Cloud Kansas Chief (KS) 4 June 1/1: He handles a Green River blade or an Arkansas tooth-pick with the dexterity of a sword-player.
1869		A.K. McClure Three Thousand Miles through the Rocky Mountains 377: A brace of faithful pistols in his belt, and a huge ‘Arkansas toothpick,’ or bowie knife, in a leather sheath.
1873		J. Mair Hbk of Phrases 95: Arkansas toothpick, a kind of bowie knife.
1882		Sweet & Knox Sketches from ‘Texas Siftings’ 170: He had a seductive way of drawing his 18-inch Arkansas tooth-pick, and examining it critically with a sinister smile, while humbly requesting the temporary loan of five dollars.
1897		Salt Lake Herald 6 June 16/5: A dozen notches dsitributed about equally between the butt of his Colt revolver, his Winchester rifle, and his Arkansas toothpick.
1900		Reno (NV) Eve. Gazette 28 Apr. 2/2: A bowie knife is an ‘Arkansas toothpick.’.
1909		J. Ware Passing Eng. of the Victorian Era 10/1: Arkansas tooth-pick (Amer.). A bowie-knife. Arkansas is notorious for sudden blood-letting.
1926		Wood & Goddard Dict. Amer. Sl.
1936		R.F. Adams Cowboy Lingo 172: A bowie knife or a large sheath knife was called an ‘Arkansaw toothpick’.
1948		N. Nye Breed of the Chaparral (1949) 132: First time I see you you’re outside a brothel [...] trying to fight off a man with an Arkansas toothpick.
1953		Randolph & Wilson Down in the Holler 224: Arkansas toothpick: n. A bowie knife, a large sheath knife.
2000		B. Bilger Noodling for Flatheads (2001) 69: Propped next to his seat [...] was the tarnished bronze handle of a long, medieval-lookin dagger. ‘They call this an Arkansas toothpick,’ he told me.
2001		(con. 1975–6) E. Little Steel Toes 53: Burt catches him in the eye with his Arkansas toothpick, twelve inches of spring steel with a needle point.

(US) corn bread.

1958

McCulloch Woods Words 3: Arkansas wedding cake — Corn bread.