Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant totally or completely. You'd tell your best gal you loved her all to pieces.
Broken bits and pieces, fragments. "He fell on the chair. and broke it all to flinders."
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant the mode or the fashion. "This is all the go," said the cowboy.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant nonsense or clap-trap. You didn't want a cowboy to call your tale "all my eye."
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant to beat all, to beat the devil. "It's raining to beat the Dutch," said the cowboy.
All tied up
"All-fired" or "joe-fired" means "a lot." It's Cowboy slang. You'd say "Don't be in such an all-fired hurry."
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This one means to surpass, to beat all. A cowboy would say "Don't that take the rag off!"
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant quick comprehension. It was usually used in the negative, as in "He has no docity at all."
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This is a euphemism and a made-up word all in one. It means to kill.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant confused, not comprehending. Cowboys would be confused if taken abroad out of their bailiwick.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant without preparation, suddenly. The image is of you standing flat-footed with surprise.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant all the party, the whole assembly. All the shoot would go to the social if they could get away from the ranch.