Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This one referred to a small, narrow-minded man. The image is of someone not worth ten cents.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! A coon was a mountain man term for a person. A gone coon was a goner, a lost man, past recovery.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This one meant a tough or dangerous man. You didn't want to mess with a real curly wolf.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This one meant a gross falsehood. "That's a real thumper," wasn't something a man liked to hear when he spoke.
A batty man is Caribbean slang for a homosexual.
It is Italian slang for foolish, angry, a man's testicles. Can you believe the cogliones of that man!
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This was what you said when a cowboy got up and went to the coffeepot at the campfire. "Man at the pot" meant that cowboy had to then refill everybody else's cups.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant a dashing, sensation-causing man. It was often applied to clergymen and politicians.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This describes an ornery or angry man or animal. You wouldn't want to be called ringy.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This one's a nonsense phrase. "I'm your huckleberry" just meant "I'm your man."
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! A coon was a mountain man term for a person. A gone coon was a goner, a lost man, past recovery.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This one means weak, not firm or hardy. You didn't want to be called a washy man.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant to have the advantage. If you got the bulge on a bad man, you could take his gun away.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant a dangerous, vicious man or horse. You wouldn't want to cross a high-binder.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This one meant a tough or dangerous man. You didn't want to mess with a real curly wolf.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This is one that means whiskey or some other intoxicating spirits. The image is of John (probably a cowboy) getting a good hit and staggering around like a drunken man.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This one meant a gross falsehood. "That's a real thumper," wasn't something a man liked to hear when he spoke.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This is another way of saying drunk. The image is of a drunken man getting his feet tangled as he tries to walk.