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in Trail Drivers of Texas (1963) I 208: I took the ‘ankle express’ for my home in Llano County, seventy-five miles away.at ankle express (n.) under ankle, n.
in Trail Drivers of Texas (1963) I 208: I took the ‘ankle express’ for my home in Llano County, seventy-five miles away. in Hunter Trail Drivers of Texas (1963) I 120: [I] always had the ‘big time’ when I arrived in good old Santone rigged out with a pair of high-heeled boots and striped breeches.at big time, n.1
in Trail Drivers of Texas (1963) I 331: The cook [...] ‘dough roller,’ ‘dinero,’ ‘coocy’ and ‘biscuit shooter’.at biscuit shooter (n.) under biscuit, n.1
in Trail Drivers of Texas (1963) I 331: A cowboy is a ‘waddy’ or ‘screw’ or ‘buckaroo’.at buckaroo, n.
in Trail Drivers of Texas (1963) I 473: Two of my men stayed with me, and the third, a ‘cold-footer,’ crossed on the bridge.at cold footer (n.) under cold, adj.
in Trail Drivers of Texas (1963) I 333: ‘Cutting a rusty’ means doing your best.at cut a rusty (v.) under cut, v.3
in Trail Drivers of Texas (1963) I 260: The kind of machine the cow-puncher had was sometimes called a ‘cutter’.at cutter, n.2
in Trail Drivers of Texas (1963) I 331: The cook [...] ‘dough roller,’ ‘dinero,’ ‘coocy’ and ‘biscuit shooter’.at dough-roller (n.) under dough, n.
in Trail Drivers of Texas (1963) I 333: An ‘eye-baller’ is a person who pokes himself into other people’s business.at eyeballer, n.
in Trail Drivers of Texas (1963) I 333: Moving fast is ‘faggin’.at fag, v.3
in Trail Drivers of Texas (1963) I 333: Going courting is ‘goin’ gallin’.’.at gal, v.
in Trail Drivers of Texas (1963) I 286: Fightin’ Parson Potter, a reformed gambler, but now a regular gospel shark.at gospel-grinder (n.) under gospel, n.
in Hunter Trail Drivers of Texas (1963) I 120: Getting ‘cussed’ by the boss, scouting for ‘gray-backs’.at grayback, n.
in Trail Drivers of Texas (1963) I 334: A very black negro is characterized as a ‘headlight to a snowstorm’.at headlight, n.
in Trail Drivers of Texas (1963) I 260: A ‘hog-leg,’ [...] better known as a six shooter gun.at hogleg, n.
in Hunter Trail Drivers of Texas (1963) I 165: Cook says, ‘By Jacks, when it begins to thunder you fill this wagon full of six-shooters, but when the Indians are around the guns are all gone.’.at by jacks! (excl.) under jacks, n.1
in Trail Drivers of Texas (1963) I 125: He loaned a friend a little pelf.at pelf, n.
in Trail Drivers of Texas (1963) I 331: In a cattle outfit the owner is called the ‘big boss,’ [...] his first lieutenant is called the ‘straw boss’.at straw boss (n.) under straw, n.
in Trail Drivers of Texas (1963) I 331: A cowboy is a ‘waddy’ or ‘screw’ or ‘buckaroo.’.at waddie, n.
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