Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant to admit to a lie or confess an obvious shortcoming. You'd want to acknowledge the corn if you'd told a windy.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant to speak up, to say what you had to say. A cowboy often needed to pop his corn in town to defend himself.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This is another way of saying to leave. Visitors to a cowboy's camp used to light a corn shuck from the fire to see their way back to their homes or bedrolls.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! The shucks are the husk of the corn, the part you toss away. Shucks were what cowboys called worthless people or things.
Not cowboy slang. Overalls are another name for work pants.
A horse is a "hay burner".
'Cracklings' are the remains of a fire or cinders.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant a cowboy's bedroll. It hinted that a cowboy would have fleas.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This is cowboy grammar for "might be able to." "I may can come to the social," said the cowboy.
The condition of being flustered, in a hurry, confused.
A .45 caliber Colt revolver- a handgun.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant in the company of a woman. A moll was slang for a woman.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant to mock or insult. You didn't want a cowboy frumping you.