Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This phrase was used to show contempt for a small-minded or mean person. You certainly didn't want a cowboy to call you a tin-horn lot.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This is another euphemism for being drunk. Cowboys had a lot of slang for drunkenness.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This is yet another term meaning drunk. Cowboys had a lot of slang for drinking.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This is another funny euphemism for jail. Cowboys had a lot of terms for jail.
"All-fired" or "joe-fired" means "a lot." It's Cowboy slang. You'd say "Don't be in such an all-fired hurry."
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This is a made-up adjective from the word "tend." A tendsome child is one that needs a lot of tending or care.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant the fastest way possible. You'd cut across a building lot instead of going around.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This one meant making a lot of noise. The image is of someone fighting with Jake, shouting and yelling.
Cowboys had a lot of slang terms for guns: artillery, hardware, iron, and jewelry were some of the most common ones.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This one gives you a vivid image. To wake snakes meant to raise a ruckus or make a lot of noise. You can imagine the snakes snoozing for the night, suddenly roused out of their holes by a rowdy cowboy.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant been through a lot, seen it all. A mill crushed grain into flour, so if you'd been through one, you'd have a lot of experience.
Slang word meaning a lot.
To eat a lot means just what it sounds like -- someone ate a lot of food.stuff your face