Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant to grab the saddle horn. No cowboy would grab the apple.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant to eat a meal, especially a potato. Potatoes are roots.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant making a face. A cowboy might pull a kite if the cook spilled salt in the apple pie.
Not cowboy slang. Overalls are another name for work pants.
'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 was a way to tell someone to calm down. An angry cow shoved with its horns.
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.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant to mock or insult. You didn't want a cowboy frumping you.