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What does the cowboy slang 'cracklings' mean?
'Cracklings' are the remains of a fire or cinders.
What does the cowboy slang 'hang up your fiddle' mean?
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This means to give up. The opposite would be to hang onto your fiddle.
What does the cowboy slang 'fat in the fire' mean?
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This means to have your plans frustrated. When fat drips into the fire, it flares up.
What does the cowboy slang 'pal on' mean?
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant to associate with. A pal was your friend, so you would pal on someone and hang around them.
What does the cowboy slang 'rousing' mean?
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant very great. It was commonly used to refer to a fire.
What does the cowboy slang 'burn the breeze' mean?
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This phrase means to ride at full speed. The image is of the cowboy going so fast he's catching the wind on fire.
What does the cowboy slang 'pair of overalls' mean?
Not cowboy slang. Overalls are another name for work pants.
What does the slang word truck mean?
Condone, hang with
What does the cowboy slang 'hay burner' mean?
A horse is a "hay burner".
What does the cowboy slang 'coffee boiler' mean?
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This one meant a shirker, a lazy person. They'd rather hang around the coffeepot than do any work.
What does the cowboy slang 'flea-trap' mean?
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant a cowboy's bedroll. It hinted that a cowboy would have fleas.
What does the cowboy slang 'light a shuck' mean?
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.
