Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This was yet another euphemism for death. You cashed in at the end of a Poker game, exchanging your chips for cash.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant to pay in cash. You'd put your cash onto the plank or counter.
The slang term for a cowboy is "HICK"
Not cowboy slang. Overalls are another name for work pants.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant hard-pressed, in a difficulty or short of cash. Nobody likes being hard run.
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.
The term is "Cash in your chips". You play cards with chips. When you leave the game, you give your chips to the dealer, and the dealer gives you the money equivalent of the chips. Also became slang for dying- leaving this life.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This is cowboy grammar for "might be able to." "I may can come to the social," said the cowboy.
A .45 caliber Colt revolver- a handgun.
The condition of being flustered, in a hurry, confused.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant in the company of a woman. A moll was slang for a woman.