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Western Words (1968) 4: Airin’ the lungs What the cowboy calls ‘cussin’,’ which seems to be a natural part of his language.at air one’s lungs (v.) under air, v.
Western Words (1968) 4: Airin’ the lungs What the cowboy calls ‘cussin’,’ which seems to be a natural part of his language. Western Words (1968) 4: Airin’ the paunch What the cowboy calls vomiting.at air one’s paunch (v.) under air, v.
Western Words (1968) 11/2: baldface A cowboy’s word for a stiff bosomed shirt, sometimes called boiled.at baldfaced shirt, n.
Western Words (1968) 12/2: bar dog A cowboy’s term for a bartender. Many bartenders were former cowboys too stove-up for riding.at bar-dog (n.) under bar, n.2
Western Words (1968) 14/2: bean eater A cowboy’s name for a Mexican.at bean-eater (n.) under bean, n.1
Western Words (1968) 17/2: belly cheater A cowman’s name for the cook.at belly cheater (n.) under belly, n.
Western Words (1968) 18/2: Bible A cowboy’s name for his book of cigarette papers.at bible, n.
Western Words (1968) 19/1: big auger A cowboy’s name for the big boss.at big auger (n.) under big, adj.
Western Words (1968).at blowpipe, n.
Western Words (1968) 64/2: choke strap A cowboy’s name for a necktie.at choke-rag (n.) under choke, v.
Western Words (1968) 64/1: Choke-bored pants – A name given the flare-hipped, tight-kneed riding breeches of the Easterner.at chokebored, adj.
Western Words (1968) 66/1: chuck wagon chicken A cowboy’s name for fried bacon.at chuck wagon chicken (n.) under chuck, n.3
Western Words (1968).at comb someone’s hair (v.) under comb, v.
Western Words (1968) 38: Conversation fluid – Whiskey.at conversation fluid (n.) under conversation, n.
Western Words (1968) 49: Throughout the West the combination of aces and eights is known as the deadman’s hand. This superstition was handed down from the time Jack McCall killed Wild Bill Hickok in Deadwood, South Dakota, while he sat in a poker game holding this hand.at dead man’s hand (n.) under dead man, n.
Western Words (1968) 92/2: Diarrhea of the jawbone A cowboy’s expression for talkativeness; running off at the mouth.at diarrhea of the mouth (n.) under diarrhoea, n.
Western Words (1968) 61: Fodder-forker—What the cowboy calls a hay hand or farmer.at fodder-forker (n.) under fodder, n.1
Western Words (1968) n.p.: Gun shark. One expert in the use of a gun.at gun-sharp (n.) under gun, n.1
Western Words (1968) 137/1: Gut-warmer. A cowboy’s name for whiskey.at gut-warmer (n.) under gut, n.
Western Words (1968) n.p.: Houlihan, throw the...to paint the town red.at throw the hoolihan (v.) under hoolihan, n.
Western Words (1968) 79: Hoolihaning [sic] . . . To throw a big time in town — to paint the town red.at hoolihan, v.
Western Words (1968) 83: Indian up — To approach without noise. Commonly used with reference to sneaking [DARE].at Indian (up) (v.) under Indian, n.
Western Words (1968) 84: Jaw cracker — A traveling dentist who goes from place to place over the range to relieve cowboys of their pain, teeth, and money.at jawbreaker, n.
Western Words (1968) 167/2: juniper The western equivalent of hayseed.at juniper, n.
Western Words (1968) 93: Lone-wolfing Living alone, avoiding the companionship of others.at lone wolf, v.
Western Words (1968) 184/1: Long-eared chuck wagon – A humorous name for the mules which pack the provisions when these animals have to be used instead of wagons in rough country.at longears, n.
Western Words (1968) 93: Long-hairs. A slang name for the men of the early West who wore their hair long [DA].at longhair, n.
Western Words (1968) 98: Meat in the pot. Slang name for a rifle, because this weapon is used by the hunter to secure meat for the camp [DA].at meat-in-the-pot (n.) under meat, n.
Western Words (1968) 113: Pecos. [...] To shoot a man and roll his body into the river.at pecos, v.
Western Words (1968) 237/1: prayer book. What the cowboy calls his book of cigarette papers.at prayer book (n.) under prayer, n.
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