Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This was another term for cowboy. The image is of the cowboy spending so much time in the saddle that he's stiff.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This was a descriptive phrase meaning someone was in disgrace. A cowboy would never sell his saddle unless he was in dire straits.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant to grab the saddle horn. No cowboy would grab the apple.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This is another term for the saddle horn. A cowboy never grabs the lizzy when riding.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This was a descriptive phrase to refer to grabbing the saddle horn. No cowboy wanted to have to squeeze the biscuit.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! A saddle tramp was a cowboy who spent most of his time in the food line. This isn't a compliment.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This one just meant the saddle. A hull is the outside part of a seed, the husk. A saddle looks a little like one on a horse.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This means straight or stiff. It was usually applied to people who were overly prim, formal, or stuffy.
strong or potent to the taste or system, as a beverage ormedicine: He was cold and wanted a good stiff drink.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This was a way to tell someone to calm down. An angry cow shoved with its horns.
Not cowboy slang. Overalls are another name for work pants.
it basically means that they are as boring as a dead person, as 'stiff' is slang for a dead body.
'Cracklings' are the remains of a fire or cinders.