Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant a cigarette. The image is of a pill you could take to wake up your brain.
Not cowboy slang. Overalls are another name for work pants.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This one meant your brain, your head. The image is of the head being the upper story of your body.
'Cracklings' are the remains of a fire or cinders.
A horse is a "hay burner".
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.
"Brain" is a slang term for oral sex.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant to mock or insult. You didn't want a cowboy frumping you.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant the mode or the fashion. "This is all the go," said the cowboy.