Well now, if you walk the walk you oughta be able to talk the talk. Let's see how well you can. Tell me what these mean.
Nailed to the counter
Oh-be-joyful
Hot as a w___ehouse on nickel night
Flannel mouth
OooppppS, forgot i had the day off! :o ::)Oh be joyfull was what the CW soldiers called their home brew concoctions taking the place of regular libations in camp..........Buck 8) ;D ;D
Quote from: Four-Eyed Buck on September 28, 2004, 07:53:02 AM
OooppppS, forgot i had the day off! :o ::)Oh be joyfull was what the CW soldiers called their home brew concoctions taking the place of regular libations in camp..........Buck 8) ;D ;D
One down, three to go. I think "Oh be joyful" eventlually became slang for most any intoxicating beverage.
Flannel mouth - I would think it meant that the mouth was as dry as flannel/cotton. ???
Slim
Flannel-Mouth talks to much.
Nailed ta the counter I'll guess, hard ta steal.
Hotter than, well busy, kinda a like the day after Thanksgivin' sales.
Quote from: Delmonico on September 28, 2004, 08:59:07 AM
Flannel-Mouth talks to much.
Like flapping in the breeze?
Slim
Flannel mouth ~ an overly smooth or fancy talker, especially politicians or salesmen. "I swear that man is a flannel-mouthed liar."
Nailed to the counter ~ proven a lie.
Hot as a w___ehouse on nickel night ~ pretty danged hot.
Next batch:
Quirley
Shoot, Luke, or give up the gun
Who-hit-John
Got the bulge
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on September 28, 2004, 01:03:11 PM
Next batch:
Quirley
Shoot, Luke, or give up the gun
Who-hit-John
Got the bulge
Who-hit-john Whiskey or corn liquor?
Got the bulge Holding a gun on the person or is it just showing you're carryin'
You're battin' 500 on this one, Russ T.
Who-hit-John ~ Liquor, beer, intoxicating spirits. "He had a little too much who-hit-John." ;D
Got the bulge ~ have the advantage. "We'll get the bulge on him, and take his gun away." :(
Still lookin' for definitions of these:
Shoot, Luke, or give up the gun
Quirley
Quirley Cigarette?
Slim
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on September 29, 2004, 09:22:30 AM
Quirley Cigarette?
Slim
Well looky here, ol' Slim went an' done it again.
Quirley ~
roll-your-own cigarette.
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on September 29, 2004, 10:16:45 AM
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on September 29, 2004, 09:22:30 AM
Quirley Cigarette?
Slim
Well looky here, ol' Slim went an' done it again.
Quirley ~ roll-your-own cigarette.
It's in a Marty Robbins song.
Slim
Each night on cattle drives, a cowboy would be tasked to herd the remuda and then bring them in and have them ready to go in the morning. What did they call the cowboy "lucky" enough to catch that duty?
Night Hawk
Quote from: Delmonico on September 29, 2004, 04:39:01 PM
Night Hawk
Del had no ifs, ands, or buts, just the correct answer. Hope he ain't becomin' a man of few words. ;)
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on September 29, 2004, 05:04:08 PM
Quote from: Delmonico on September 29, 2004, 04:39:01 PM
Night Hawk
Del had no ifs, ands, or buts, just the correct answer. Hope he ain't becomin' a man of few words. ;)
I doubt that. ;D
Slim
Here's some new ones:
A hog-killin' time
Bear sign
Take the rag off
Rip
and here's one that is still unanswered:
Shoot, Luke, or give up the gun
Bear sign is a thing like a doughnut that is lust rolled out kinda like a big playdough snake and looks like, well "bear sign". Kinda like the old saying, "does a bear sign in tha woods." :o ;D ::) ::)
Quote from: Delmonico on September 29, 2004, 05:33:00 PM
Bear sign is a thing like a doughnut that is lust rolled out kinda like a big playdough snake and looks like, well "bear sign". Kinda like the old saying, "does a bear sign in tha woods." :o ;D ::) ::)
Only at Bear Crossings. Guess ya 'spect me ta bear with ya on this, but I'm bearly able to bear the brunt of yore loss of bearings. D Boone kill a bar on this tree.
Rip is rest in peace.
Shoot Luke or give up the gun, would that be like "Sign" ;D or get off the chamber pot. :o
Quote from: Delmonico on September 29, 2004, 05:54:37 PM
Rip is rest in peace.
Shoot Luke or give up the gun, would that be like "Sign" ;D or get off the chamber pot. :o
Congrats, you got the the second one right. Rest in peace, however is most generally appreviated in all upper case letters RIP. The slang rip isn't
normally capitalized. With that outta the way, heeeeerrrrrr's rip -
reprobate. "He's a mean ol' rip."
A hog killin' time would be a fun get tagethar, with food and friends, just like a hog killin'. ;D
Would take the rag off mean ta show who ya are, like takin' the bandanna ofen yer face?
Quote from: Delmonico on September 29, 2004, 09:49:54 PM
A hog killin' time would be a fun get tagethar, with food and friends, just like a hog killin'. ;D
Would take the rag off mean ta show who ya are, like takin' the bandanna ofen yer face?
I guessin' Del's killed some hogs in his time, cause he's got that one right. A hog-killin' time ~
a real good time. "We went to the New Year's Eve dance and had us a hog-killin' time."Must be thinkin' of a differnt rag, however. Take the rag off ~ surpass, beat all.
"Well, if that don't take the rag off the bush."
Knock galley west
Light (or lighting) a shuck
Roostered
Fish
Light a shuck, ta sit a spell, kinda like when I tell someone ta squat and chew.
Plannin' a hog killin' in a couple a weeks, long story but someone got given a cute little piggy, same person has acreage with room for strange pets, piggy grew up and is now a hog and is no longer cute. Ask Delmonico if he wants hog, Delmonico calls Gopher Grease and asks if he wants half a hog, time ta have a hog killin".
Quote from: Delmonico on September 30, 2004, 08:34:52 AM
Light a shuck, ta sit a spell, kinda like when I tell someone ta squat and chew.
Plannin' a hog killin' in a couple a weeks, long story but someone got given a cute little piggy, same person has acreage with room for strange pets, piggy grew up and is now a hog and is no longer cute. Ask Delmonico if he wants hog, Delmonico calls Gopher Grease and asks if he wants half a hog, time ta have a hog killin".
Del, think you're thinkin' 'bout "Hey, why don't chew sit an' "light" a spell.
Light a shuck, the direct opposite, is ~
to get the hell out of here in a hurry. "I'm lightin' a shuck for California." That poor defenseless hog you been talkin' 'bout, he gits wind a the upcomin' hog killin', he's gonna light a shuck for parts unknown, an' I wouldn't blame him a bit.
Still need answers to: Roostered and Fish, and here are some new ones.
Fine as cream gravy
Of the first water
Stand the gaff
Get the mitten
Get the mitten is to be dump by someone yer romanticly involved in.
Of the first water is the best, has to do with older ways of gradin' diamonds, those of the first water are the best.
Would fish be like they use in prison fresh fish, wasn't that sometimes used in the army for new recruits.
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on September 30, 2004, 09:15:01 PM
Still need answers to: Roostered and Fish, and here are some new ones.
Fine as cream gravy
Of the first water
Stand the gaff
Get the mitten
Guess I've got a thing for wildlife
Roostered - having imbibed heavily
Fish - slicker or rain cover
Fine as cream gravy would be pretty good, if things were not good you'd have to use water stead of milk in yer gravy, if not fine as cream gravy would mean supplies were gone (canned milk) or tha cow had went dry.
Stand the gaff would mean you could put up with all the sh, sh, sh, (I can't do it ;D) poop folks are tryin' to put on ya.
Ain't wildlife but.... ::)
Stand the gaff - take a good natured ribbin'
Ok where is the teacher, we want our tests corrected. ;D We want ta know if'n we's gonna pass this class? :P
I'z not the teacher, but I'z a moderator. Ya all flunked. :P ;D
Slim
Flunkees now, are they?
Slim I know who ain't gonna get none of the prune kolatch from our Neewbrassky story, he better not ask fer kolatchi.
Somebody better find Cap. the natives are gettin' restless and one a dem is a moderator. ;D
I gots the Friday Fiesties. ;D ;D
Slim
Quote from: Delmonico on October 01, 2004, 10:06:11 AM
Get the mitten is to be dump by someone yer romanticly involved in.
Of the first water is the best, has to do with older ways of gradin' diamonds, those of the first water are the best.
Would fish be like they use in prison fresh fish, wasn't that sometimes used in the army for new recruits.
Two outta three ain't bad.
Of the first water ~
first class. "He's a gentleman of the first water."Get the mitten ~
to be rejected by a lover. "Looks like Blossom gave poor Buck the mitten."For "Fish", see Russ T's post.
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on October 01, 2004, 10:28:13 AM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on September 30, 2004, 09:15:01 PM
Still need answers to: Roostered and Fish, and here are some new ones.
Fine as cream gravy
Of the first water
Stand the gaff
Get the mitten
Guess I've got a thing for wildlife
Roostered - having imbibed heavily
Fish - slicker or rain cover
You're still hangin' in there, Russ T, with half of your answer correct.
Roostered ~
drunk. "Looks like those cowboys are in there gettin' all roostered up."Fish ~
a cowboy's rain slicker, from a rain gear manufacturer whose trademark was a fish logo. "We told him it looked like rain, but left his fish in the wagon anyhow."
Del and Russ T share honors on lthis one, but Del's answer was posted first.
Stand the gaff ~ take punishment in good spirit. "He can really stand the gaff."
Curly wolf
Difficulty
Doxology works
Soft solder
Here we go for the wildlife again:
Curly wolf - Tough guy
Doxology works. God answers prayers.
soft solder is a lead/tin based solder. Most often 30-50% tin. Hard solder is silver or bronze/brass/coper based and is stronger and has a higher meltin point.
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on October 03, 2004, 12:47:41 PM
Here we go for the wildlife again:
Curly wolf - Tough guy
Good 'nuff, Russ T.
Curly wolf
~ real tough guy, dangerous man. "Ol' Bill is a regular curly wolf, especially when he's drinkin' whiskey."
Quote from: Delmonico on October 03, 2004, 01:00:56 PM
Doxology works. God answers prayers.
soft solder is a lead/tin based solder. Most often 30-50% tin. Hard solder is silver or bronze/brass/coper based and is stronger and has a higher meltin point.
Kinda close on the first one, Del: Doxology works
~ a church, but while technically correct on the second one, that ain't what we were lookin' for. Soft solder
~ flattery. "All that soft solder won't get you anywhere."
Well ya had me confused on the soft solder one, thought ya misspelled soldier. So the teccnickkolgigicccall guy in me came out. I just don't cook ya know. Got both acid core, rosin core and silver solder upstairs, got brazin' rod and steel rod over ta Dad's with my
oxxeeee-cetaleen outfit. ;D ;D Hey I even got a couple of old time solderin' coppers upstairs and one has a corncob handle, long with a couple of ma files. Heck, I even got a hand cranked grinder in the shop. (They are great for fine work, turn it slow and ya won't burn the metal. Who says newest is best. ;D)
Hobble your lip
Plunder
Take French leave
Shin out
Difficulty This is a leftover that no one even made an attempt to answer.
Take French Leave>
To go AWOL or desert from the military
Quote from: Standpat Steve on October 04, 2004, 09:41:02 PM
Take French Leave>
To go AWOL or desert from the military
I'll buy that, Standpat. Take French leave
~ to desert, sneak off without permission.
Thought for sure ol' Russ T or Del would take a shot at some of these.
Hobble your lip
Plunder
Shin out
Difficulty
I think Del took French leave. ;D
Hobble your lip - should be the eqivalent of today's "zip your lip" - be quit, shout your trap, etc.
Plunder - a mistake?
Slim
Shin out is havin ta walk out when yer horse gave out.
I did take French Leave but while I was gone I cooked up a bunch a snails and made fancy gravy ta go on dem. ;D ;D ;D
Sorry I had ta go check on me snails. ;D Plunder is yer gear in yer war bag.
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on October 05, 2004, 09:10:21 AM
I think Del took French leave. ;D
Hobble your lip - should be the eqivalent of today's "zip your lip" - be quit, shout your trap, etc.
Plunder - a mistake?
Slim
Bet old Slim's been on the rerceivin' end of "Hobble your lip" oncest or twicest, 'cause he's correct. Hobble your lip
~ shut up.He's made a blunder, however, with his "Plunder" definition. ;D
Quote from: Delmonico on October 05, 2004, 10:38:49 AM
Shin out is havin ta walk out when yer horse gave out.
I did take French Leave but while I was gone I cooked up a bunch a snails and made fancy gravy ta go on dem. ;D ;D ;D
Del's close on Shin out - Shin out
~ run away.
Quote from: Delmonico on October 05, 2004, 10:41:01 AM
Sorry I had ta go check on me snails. ;D Plunder is yer gear in yer war bag.
...but he's right on with Plunder ~
personal belongings. "Pack your plunder, Joe, we're headin' for San Francisco."Still lookin' for
Difficulty.
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on October 05, 2004, 10:41:52 AM
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on October 05, 2004, 09:10:21 AM
I think Del took French leave. ;D
Hobble your lip - should be the eqivalent of today's "zip your lip" - be quit, shout your trap, etc.
Plunder - a mistake?
Slim
Bet old Slim's been on the rerceivin' end of "Hobble your lip" oncest or twicest, 'cause he's correct. Hobble your lip ~ shut up.
He's made a blunder, however, with his "Plunder" definition. ;D
:-[
Slim
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on October 05, 2004, 10:48:49 AM
Quote from: Delmonico on October 05, 2004, 10:41:01 AM
Sorry I had ta go check on me snails. ;D Plunder is yer gear in yer war bag.
...but he's right on with Plunder ~ personal belongings. "Pack your plunder, Joe, we're headin' for San Francisco."
Still lookin' for Difficulty.
Didn't see any wildlife:
Difficulty -- Trouble
would difficulty be just simply be a fight, squabble or even a argument.
Example: "Slim and Capt. Cox had a difficulty over who had ta eat the last snail and garlic gravy. Slim lost and had ta eat it." :o ;D ;D
Quote from: Delmonico on October 05, 2004, 11:11:27 AM
would difficulty be just simply be a fight, squabble or even a argument.
Example: "Slim and Capt. Cox had a difficulty over who had ta eat the last snail and garlic gravy. Slim lost and had ta eat it." :o ;D ;D
That's fer ser. ::)
Slim(what's don't like eat'n slimey things)
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on September 29, 2004, 10:40:36 AM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on September 29, 2004, 10:16:45 AM
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on September 29, 2004, 09:22:30 AM
Quirley Cigarette?
Slim
Well looky here, ol' Slim went an' done it again.
Quirley ~ roll-your-own cigarette.
It's in a Marty Robbins song.
Slim
My Dictionary of American Slang confirms this, too. It specifically mentions it was "cowboy use".
Okay, let's stick with the wildlife, what does this refer to:
Blacksnake
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on October 05, 2004, 11:20:11 AM
Okay, let's stick with the wildlife, what does this refer to:
Blacksnake
Blacksnake: a train made up of exclusively coal-carrying cars.
A blacksnake is a whip, cause they're quick like a blacksnake. And can look a bit like one.
Looks like my dictionary failed me that time.
How about Blackbirder?
Round these parts a blacksnake is a common namer fer a black racer. they get up ta 7-8 feet in lenth, are non-poisinous, are a constrictor whick means the will wrap round yer leg if'n ya step on one. They like ta bite, they have a bad temper, they like ta hang around farm buildings and their real wussys when ya give em a load a #9 shot.
Quote from: Delmonico on October 05, 2004, 11:30:58 AM
Round these parts a blacksnake is a common namer fer a black racer. they get up ta 7-8 feet in lenth, are non-poisinous, are a constrictor whick means the will wrap round yer leg if'n ya step on one. They like ta bite, they have a bad temper, they like ta hang around farm buildings and their real wussys when ya give em a load a #9 shot.
They are good medicine for mice. ;D
Slim
Try tellin' that to my Dad, he had one hangin' in the shed with the log chains, well he don't see real good and it was a bit dark and he got attacked and bit by one when he was a kid. Same snake took over a camper one time and finally the outhouse. In the battle that followed I only had my 32 mag pistol and he got me trapped with my back to the outhouse and no where to go and all 7' 9'' of him was coiled ready to strike cause he didn't like being chased by a cosinero and a 1 legged Indian. (He had trapped the 1 legged Indian's wife in said small building)
We'll the Late Elmer Keith always said that when trapped by a coiled snake ready ta strike, just point the pistol at his head and fire and he will line it up fer ya. We'll he musta been right cause I ain't that good a point shooter, cause I took his head clean off and 7" 9" was without the head.
Would felt better with my 870 28 gauge with the skeet barrel and a skeet load. Hey snake skeet.
Needless to say Delmonico has it right as a whip.
My turn:
soogun
twister (ain't no tur'nader)
4 in hand
wasp nest bread (wild life fer Russ T)
Celestial
firkin
Kansas City Trout (more wildlife)
prairie coal
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on October 05, 2004, 11:10:20 AM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on October 05, 2004, 10:48:49 AM
Quote from: Delmonico on October 05, 2004, 10:41:01 AM
Sorry I had ta go check on me snails. ;D Plunder is yer gear in yer war bag.
...but he's right on with Plunder ~ personal belongings. "Pack your plunder, Joe, we're headin' for San Francisco."
Still lookin' for Difficulty.
Didn't see any wildlife:
Difficulty -- Trouble
Once again Russ T was first outta the gate. Difficulty
~ euphamism for trouble, often the shootin' or otherwise violent kind. "He had to leave Texas on account of a difficulty with a gambler in San Antonio."
Slim yer right but "I" would have said, "dried buffalo poop used in place of wood fer fuel fer the fire."
4 in hand
A team of four horses, or a necktie?
Quote from: Delmonico on October 05, 2004, 01:23:32 PM
Slim yer right but "I" would have said, "dried buffalo poop used in place of wood fer fuel fer the fire."
You sure like to type poop alot. ;D
Slim
Capt. Cox: Words with double meanin's yer good, figger someone would get on or tuther but not both.
Slim: My Mama wouldn't let me say poop when I was little. Besides that didn't I send ya an E-Mail bout the lady in the medical labratory and the Cowboy fellar that paid her a visit. :o ::) :P :P ;D ;D
Quote from: Delmonico on October 05, 2004, 02:07:36 PM
Capt. Cox: Words with double meanin's yer good, figger someone would get on or tuther but not both.
Slim: My Mama wouldn't let me say poop when I was little. Besides that didn't I send ya an E-Mail bout the lady in the medical labratory and the Cowboy fellar that paid her a visit. :o ::) :P :P ;D ;D
Ya sure did sent it to me. ;D
Slim
Ya'll didn't ferget bout these did ya. ;D ;D
Quote from: Delmonico on October 05, 2004, 01:08:45 PM
My turn:
soogun
twister (ain't no tur'nader)
4 in hand
wasp nest bread (wild life fer Russ T)
Celestial
firkin
Kansas City Trout (more wildlife)
prairie coal
Soogun - Towel in Korean ;D
Celestial - heavenly, angelic
firkin - wooden barrel
Slim
wasp nest bread (wild life fer Russ T)
A dry light bread popular down south? Haven't the foggiest what went into it, but I be Del does.
Slim: Soogun: might be a towel in Korea, but we ain't in Korea. Might make some Kim Chee sometime, but I learned that from a Celestial who had spent time in Chosin, could make a firkin of it though.
Soogun is a cowboys bedroll, his house so to speak.
Celestial is someone from China cause it was called the Celestial Kingdom.
Firkin is a small wooden barrel of used ta ship butter in and often used by cosinero's for sourdough.
A true firkin is also a measure 1/4 barrel or 7 5/8 gallon, but any small barrel is often called a firkin.
Course Chosin is the old name for Korea.
Russ T. Ya might have me on this one, I know wasp nest bread as a cowboy term for white bread raised with good store bought yeast, light and full of air like a wasp nest. Sourdough bread made with out addin' yeast (the yuppie way, sourdough in name only) is a heavier product and so more fillin'.
Might a twister be a batch of dried tobacco twisted or braided for easy transport? Or possibly one of those nice lookin' little cheroot's so loved by the Man wit No Name? Just guessin' on this one, as it ain't widlife.
Tha chaw is twist not twister, hint it kinda has ta do with wildlife.
Gospel sharp
Put a spoke in the wheel
Grass widow
Game
Quote from: Delmonico on October 06, 2004, 02:09:29 PM
Tha chaw is twist not twister, hint it kinda has ta do with wildlife.
Would we be talkin' wildlife of the reptilian variety? Possibly another name for a sidewinder?
The "twitch", sometimes confused with the "ghost cord", was entirely different. It was a small loop of cord with a stick through it and was used to punish a leld horsse by placing the loop aroung the horse's upper lip and twisting the stick. It was frequently called a "twister".
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on October 06, 2004, 02:46:03 PM
Gospel sharp
Put a spoke in the wheel
Grass widow
Game
Gospel sharp Good as gold, true?
Grass widow a woman whose husband just disappeared on her?
Game ready for what's comin'?
Russ T. Nope!
A Grass Widow is not really a widow, but has been put out ta pasture while her husband is away workin' fer a long period of time. Come from the Alps region of Europe, herders took the sheep and goats up to the high medows to find good grass in summer. Savin' the lower grass for hayin' for the winter.
Dern it's hard ta post here with all the mouse clickin' goin' on.
so close Capt. and another double meanin' the twister could use a twister ta get them wild horse's ready fer the cattle drive.
Put a spoke in the wheel - to put a stick between the spokes of a wheel thereby stopping wheel from turning
Grass widow - sodbusters wife?
Game - ready and willing to do something. I am game.
Slim
Quote from: Delmonico on October 06, 2004, 03:00:04 PM
Dern it's hard ta post here with all the mouse clickin' goin' on.
so close Capt. and another double meanin' the twister could use a twister ta get them wild horse's ready fer the cattle drive.
Must also mean "bronc buster"?
Quote from: Delmonico on October 06, 2004, 02:56:36 PM
Russ T. Nope!
A Grass Widow is not really a widow, but has been put out ta pasture while her husband is away workin' fer a long period of time. Come from the Alps region of Europe, herders took the sheep and goats up to the high medows to find good grass in summer. Savin' the lower grass for hayin' for the winter.
My original "grass widow" post was based on the definition being "a divorcee". Check out this site http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-gra1.htm and you tell me what grass widow means.
I can only type so fast with one finger, and can't keep up with the flurry of responses that have just come in, so here are the answers that I had for the last four words/phrases that I posted:
Gospel sharp ~ a preacher. (Apparent opposite of a card sharp!)
Put a spoke in the wheel ~ to foul up or sabotage something.
Grass widow ~ divorcee
Game ~ to have courage, guts, gumption. "He's game as a banty rooster." Or, "That's a hard way to go, but he died game."
Congratulations to all you rapid typers who got the right answers.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. ::)
Slim
Quote from: Delmonico on October 06, 2004, 03:00:04 PM
Dern it's hard ta post here with all the mouse clickin' goin' on.
so close Capt. and another double meanin' the twister could use a twister ta get them wild horse's ready fer the cattle drive.
Del, You really know how to hurt a feller. Here I went and dug out my dogeared copy of Ramon F. Adams' book
Cowboy Lingo, A Dictionary of the Slack-Jaw Words and Whangdoodle Ways of the American West, and came up with a response to your "Twister" post
THE OLD FASHION WAY, and here you go and 'cuse me of "mouse clickin' or some sech low-down soundin' thing. How can I face the resta the pards after gettin' dressed down like that?
Must be the day for woords a many meanings, yep a bronc twister.
Since the day Mr. Google lead my a tray and caused me ta wash my own eyes out with soap, I don't trust the booger or was that bugger. ;D
So I looked grass widow up in the paper google (dictionary) not only we both right it can also mean a Mistress that's been tossed aside or an unmarried woman who has had an illegitmate child.
Just 'cuse me a doin' da same thin', must be the day fer tryin' ta click at da same time. ;D
Quote from: Delmonico on October 06, 2004, 03:41:56 PM
Just 'cuse me a doin' da same thin', must be the day fer tryin' ta click at da same time. ;D
Yep,
They usta tell me that idle hands was the devil's workshop, and now I'm 'bout convinced that Google be the devil.
So what does that make Slim. ;D ;D
A sometimes useful tool, but must look at by line or what ever dumb name they call it fer website stuff that comes up on google.
All I know is in my inocencne in learnin these things I didn't know that I always though rye bread was sumthin' yea eat made outa rye flour. Silly cosinero. :o :o :o :o and even :o :o :o :o :o
Just ordered a new Dell 'puter so I kin log on to Google faster. That dang Slim always been beatin' me there and gettin' all the good stuff first, but not any more. ::)
I ain't googled none of this stuff. Once in a while go upstairs to MY OFFICE and get a book. But if this wasn't in wifes craft room I'd never get the laundry done. ;D
Cap'n........Dude you're gettin' a Dell!!!!!!!!!!!!! :o :o :o..........Buck( What's got an E-Machine! ;D)........ 8)
California widow (Del, this is what you were thinkin' of earlier)
Eucher, euchered
See the elephant
Powerful
See the elephant, I belive this was a term that came to be around the Gold Rush/ Civil War era. Means to see or experience something ie: Battle in the War or work in the gold fields. or an experience out of the ordinary. Euchered, in the card game to be euchered is to be set or lose. so, having a plan defeated or an event go wrong or come out differently. I think California Widow would be a woman whose husband went to the Gold Rush leaving her behind.........Buck 8) ::) ::)
Seein' the elaphant means ya gave up on the trail and went back. Folks who wrote "Pike's Peak or Bust" on the way out, saw the elaphant and wrote "Busted by Gosh" on the way back in. ;D
Quote from: Four-Eyed Buck on October 06, 2004, 09:28:39 PM
See the elephant, I belive this was a term that came to be around the Gold Rush/ Civil War era. Means to see or experience something ie: Battle in the War or work in the gold fields. or an experience out of the ordinary. Euchered, in the card game to be euchered is to be set or lose. so, having a plan defeated or an event go wrong or come out differently. I think California Widow would be a woman whose husband went to the Gold Rush leaving her behind.........Buck 8) ::) ::)
Here's what I had on those three.
California widow
~ woman separated from her husband, but not divorced. (From when pioneer men went West, leaving their wives to follow later.) This is what Del must have been thinking of on the "Grass Widow" from yesterday.
Eucher, euchered
~ to out-smart someone, to be outwitted or suckered into something.See the elephant
~ originally meant to see combat for the first time, later came to mean going to town, where all the action was.No takers on
"Powerful"?
Balled up
Get it in the neck
Come a cropper
Heeled
Powerful (no one has even guessed at this one)
Balled up - in need of Ex-lax
Heeled - packin' iron
Slim
Castor Oil is period correct Slim! ;D
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on October 07, 2004, 09:29:46 AM
Balled up - in need of Ex-lax
Heeled - packin' iron
Slim
Well now Slim, old buddy old pal, gotta give ya credit for yore answer for "Heeled". Heeled
~ to be armed with a gun. "He wanted to fight me, but I told him I was not heeled." Howsomever, if ya really think "Balled up" means what you say it does, then I gotta tell ya, you be all balled up yore own self. ::) Jest sos ya realize it, what I jest toldya is a hint. ;D
These pore ol' sayin's below are startin' ta feel dejected an' rejected, like no body cares 'bout 'em.
Get it in the neck
Come a cropper
Powerful
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on October 07, 2004, 11:47:53 AM
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on October 07, 2004, 09:29:46 AM
Balled up - in need of Ex-lax
Heeled - packin' iron
Slim
Well now Slim, old buddy old pal, gotta give ya credit for yore answer for "Heeled". Heeled ~ to be armed with a gun. "He wanted to fight me, but I told him I was not heeled."
Howsomever, if ya really think "Balled up" means what you say it does, then I gotta tell ya, you be all balled up yore own self. ::) Jest sos ya realize it, what I jest toldya is a hint. ;D
These pore ol' sayin's below are startin' ta feel dejected an' rejected, like no body cares 'bout 'em.
Get it in the neck
Come a cropper
Powerful
Okay we'll give it a try:
Come a cropper -- fail at an endevor tried something and it didn't work
Powerful -- extreme
Balled up - cornfused?
:-[ bound up is what I was referring to. :-[
Slim
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on October 07, 2004, 11:55:14 AM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on October 07, 2004, 11:47:53 AM
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on October 07, 2004, 09:29:46 AM
Balled up - in need of Ex-lax
Heeled - packin' iron
Slim
Well now Slim, old buddy old pal, gotta give ya credit for yore answer for "Heeled". Heeled ~ to be armed with a gun. "He wanted to fight me, but I told him I was not heeled."
Howsomever, if ya really think "Balled up" means what you say it does, then I gotta tell ya, you be all balled up yore own self. ::) Jest sos ya realize it, what I jest toldya is a hint. ;D
These pore ol' sayin's below are startin' ta feel dejected an' rejected, like no body cares 'bout 'em.
Get it in the neck
Come a cropper
Powerful
Okay we'll give it a try:
Come a cropper -- fail at an endevor tried something and it didn't work
Powerful -- extreme
A hunnert percent, Russ T.
Come a cropper
~ come to ruin, fail, or fall heavily. "He had big plans to get rich, but it all come a cropper, when the railroad didn't come through."Powerful
~ very. "He's a powerful rich man."
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on October 07, 2004, 12:14:28 PM
Balled up - cornfused?
:-[ bound up is what I was referring to. :-[
Slim
Was tryin' to respond to yore last post and ya went and changed it on me. Now ya finally got it right. 8)
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on October 07, 2004, 12:24:26 PM
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on October 07, 2004, 12:14:28 PM
Balled up - cornfused?
:-[ bound up is what I was referring to. :-[
Slim
Was tryin' to respond to yore last post and ya went and changed it on me. Now ya finally got it right. 8)
I'z tricky that way. Keeps ya on yer toes. ;D
Slim
Mudsill
Someone to ride the river with
The Old States
Odd stick
And somebody please put Get it in the neck out of it's misery.
Someone ta ride the river with-someone ya can trust
the old states-back east
get it in the neck-some thing really bad like gettin it in the neck
odd stick- a single person
mud sill- some thing that won't last.
Quote from: Delmonico on October 07, 2004, 09:48:56 PM
Someone ta ride the river with-someone ya can trust
the old states-back east
get it in the neck-some thing really bad like gettin it in the neck
odd stick- a single person
mud sill- some thing that won't last.
Well, Del, ya got two correct ;D, but not the other three :'( (see below).
Someone to ride the river with
~ a person to be counted on; reliable; got it where it counts.The Old States
~ back East.Mudsill
~ low-life, thoroughly disreputable person.Odd stick
~ eccentric person. "Ol' Farmer Jones sure is an odd stick."Get it in the neck
~ get cheated, misled, bamboozled.What I'm still tryin' to figger out is if Slim is a Mudsill or an Odd Stick, cuz ever time I have dealins with him I think I get it in the neck ;).
Capt. Ya got ta figger out Kansas City Trout before ya get's yer breakfast. Course it could be Cinncinati Trout instead. ;D Sumthin' sounds fishy ta me here. ::)
Gotta couple here, only one of which is widlife (sortta):
Bone Orchard
Reno Chowder (Del this is a local thing, and I'd be surprised if you have the recipe)
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on October 08, 2004, 10:33:59 AM
Gotta couple here, only one of which is widlife (sortta):
Bone Orchard
Reno Chowder (Del this is a local thing, and I'd be surprised if you have the recipe)
Bone Orchard is a cemetery. Don't know 'bout the Chowder.
Somethin' in tha back a my mind says it ain't nothin' but jackrabbit in potato soup, not sure, but somethin' in some damaged brain cells wants ta come out. Don't know what else out there would make chowder. ;D
Does any one want Hen Fruit with yer Kansas City Trout? ;D
Capt. Has the Bone Orchard right.
As the Reno Chowder is rather local I'll give it up.
When Reno decided to provide running water to some of it's citizens, they ran a canal off the Truckee river into a reservoir. This had a screened intake to the new water system. As the screen rotted, fish managed to get into the system. When the pipes got smaller and smaller to keep up the pressure, they got stuck and died. People were blessed with fish parts coming out of their nifty indoor plumbing. Reno Chowder.
Sorry not just a local thing, the Romans and many Asian cultures enjoy a sauce made by pilin' fish and salt in a container settin' it in the sun and bottlin' the run off. The word we refer to as either ketchup or catsup is from a Malaysian word meanin "picked fish sauce" this does not mean the sauce was from pickled fish. :P
One might be sure ta read the bottle ta make sure it says "Tomato Ketchup." ;D
Quote from: Delmonico on October 08, 2004, 11:18:55 AM
Does any one want Hen Fruit with yer Kansas City Trout? ;D
Can't get much outa your hints but bacon.
Bout time, bacon it is. By the 1870's KC was where most of the bacon and salt pork used in the West was made. Up until then Cincinati was know as porkopolis, most of the cured pork used in that war between 1861-1865 was made in Cincinati. Chicago didn't really get goin' good on pork thill the late 1880's ta early 1890's, they were more know for beef up until then.
A lick and a promise
Wake up/Woke up the wrong passenger
Sound on the goose
Ride shank's mare
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on October 09, 2004, 06:07:13 AM
A lick and a promise
Wake up/Woke up the wrong passenger
Sound on the goose
Ride shank's mare
Hey more wildlife ;D ;D ;D
Sound on the goose -- dependable
Ride shank's mare -- walk
Lick and a promise- didn't put much effort inta the job or even stated the job and didn't finishit.
Looks like Russ T and Del got three of 'em down.
A lick and a promise ~ to do haphazardly. "She just gave it a lick and a promise."
Sound on the goose ~ true, staunch, reliable.
Ride shank's mare ~ to walk or be set afoot.
Some body needs to take a shot at this one.
Wake up/Woke up the wrong passenger
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on October 09, 2004, 12:25:27 PM
Some body needs to take a shot at this one.
Wake up/Woke up the wrong passenger
Tain't wildlife, but we'll give 'er a shot.
irritate the wrong hombre?
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on October 09, 2004, 12:48:03 PM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on October 09, 2004, 12:25:27 PM
Some body needs to take a shot at this one.
Wake up/Woke up the wrong passenger
Tain't wildlife, but we'll give 'er a shot.
irritate the wrong hombre?
"Bout as close as you can get.
Wake up/Woke up the wrong passenger
~ to trouble or anger the wrong person.
"kyacks," "cross-bucks," and "aperejos"
aperejos-freight packs fer a mule, like Crook used.
The other two are also a type of pack saddle I believe.
cross-bucks
Is this wildlife?
The only thing I can think of is a saw. Not two or more irritated male deer.
No wildlife here. Del got 'em right (again). ::)
Mule skinners sometimes show up in my cook camp. :o ::) ;D
For real seriously I know several. :)
My turn:
bite
DuPont
ripper
needle gun
stand
stinker
needle gun - what they called the first version of the Trapdoor Springfield, which was in .50-70 caliber.
stand - could be any number of things, but most likely it is what the buff hunters did when they "took a stand". They would stalk within range of a group of buffalo and set up with crossed sticks, etc., shoot the most likely leader of the group, and then shoot as many of the others as they could before the buffs stampeded or the hunters ran out of ammo.
DuPont - black powder?
Yup, yer pretty good there.
The called it a needle gun cause it had such a long firin' pin.
stand it good, ya guessed buff hunters is the theme here.
DuPont kinda becane a generic name fer gunpowder, it was all blackpowder and they didn't call it blackpowder til poudre blanc (french term) came out in the 1880's.
stinker - what the buff hunters called new guys on the range who were hired to do the skinning.
never heard that before, but it could be true? The poem/song "Range of the Buffalo mentions skinning an ol stinker. Have seen that term elswhere a time or two. Since the bulls were worth more per hide in the Souther Hunt and durin' the rut the bull liked ta urinate (don't tell Slim I didn't say pee. ;D) in a wallow and roll in it, I would bet they would be a stinker.
My "stinker" source is Cowboy Lingo, by Ramon F. Adams.
Ya know which poem/song I mean don't ya? I got the words around here. R.W. Hampton sings it on a CD thats on the player at work, a local fella sometimes sings it around here.
Might this be the one you are thinkin' of? Now here's a question for you. If the wallow is dry, how's a poor old bull gonna find mud to roll in 'less he pees in the dry dirt? Guess he just might smell la bit strong after a while. Got a billy goat that likes to pee on hisself and he gets pretty rank pretty quick.
The Buffalo Skinners
'Twas in the town of Jacksboro, in the spring of seventy-three
A man by the name of Crego came stepping up to me,
Saying "How do you do, young fellow, and how would you like to go
And spend one summer pleasantly on the range of the buffalo?"
It's me being out of employment, this to Crego I did say,
"This going out on the buffalo range depends upon the pay.
But if you will pay good wages, and transportation to and fro
I think, Sir, I will go with you to the range of the buffalo."
"Yes I will pay good wages, give transportation too
Provided you will go with me and stay the summer through;
But if you should grow homesick, come back to Jacksboro
I won't pay transportation from the range of the buffalo."
It's now our outfit was complete, seven able-bodied men,
With navy six and needle gun, our troubles did begin;
Our way it was a pleasant one, the route we had to go
Until we crossed Pease River, on the range of the buffalo.
It's now we've crossed Pease River, our troubles have begun,
The first damned tail I went to rip, Christ! how I cut my thumb!
While skinning the damned old stinkers, our lives they had no show
For the Indians watched to pick us off while skinning the buffalo.
He fed us on such sorry chuck, I wished myself most dead
It was old jerked beef, croton coffee and sour bread.
Pease River's as salty as hell fire, the water I never could go
O God! I wished I had never come to the the range of the buffalo.
Our meat it was buffalo hump and iron wedge bread
And all we had to sleep on was a buffalo robe for a bed.
The fleas and gray-backs worked on us, O boys, it was not slow
I tell you there's no worse hell on earth than the the range of the buffalo.
Our hearts were cased with buffalo hocks, our souls were cased with steel,
And the hardships of that summer would nearly make us reel;
While skinning the damned old stinkers, our lives they had no show
For the Indians watched to pick us off on the hills of Mexico.
The season being near over, old Crego he did say
The crowd had been extravagant, was in debt to him that day;
We coaxed him and we begged him, and still it was no go,
So we left old Crego's bones to bleach on the range of the buffalo.
Oh, it's now we've crossed Pease River, and homeward we are bound,
No more in that hell-fired country shall ever we be found.
Go home to our wives and sweethearts, tell others not to go
For God's forsaken the buffalo range, and the damned old buffalo.
From Lomax, Cowboy Songs
ripper = skinning knife?
Goner
Gone up the flume
Here's how!
Shove the queer
That's it, although 73 is a bit early to be in Jacksboro, 73 they were still workin' and sellin' round Dodge City.
The ripper is a straighter bladen knife used ta split the skin on the belly and legs. The curved bladed skinner is used ta seperate the hide from the beast. A skinner/hunter carried a sheath or three sheaths on the side. The steel is in back, the curved bladed skinner is next and the ripper first, edge forward. That way when in the saloon of some soldier or cowboy makes a crack bout the smell, ya pull it and Rip his belly.
By the way the skinner ussually made 25 cents a hide and did 25-50 a day. Do the math, better than 20 dollars a month fer an 1870's cowboy or $13 dollars a month fer a Privite or $21 fer a Seargent.
A goner is bout dead
gone up the flume is wasted
Pretty good, Del.
Goner ~ lost, dead.
Gone up the flume ~ same as goner!
Don't ferget these.
Here's how!
Shove the queer
I'm still thinkin' bout those.
Yoa ain't got bite yet, very important if ya go huntin' the Southern Herd, might wish ya had it fer a couple a days. :o
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on October 08, 2004, 08:27:43 AM
Mudsill ~ low-life, thoroughly disreputable person.
Odd stick ~ eccentric person. "Ol' Farmer Jones sure is an odd stick."
Get it in the neck ~ get cheated, misled, bamboozled.
What I'm still tryin' to figger out is if Slim is a Mudsill or an Odd Stick, cuz ever time I have dealins with him I think I get it in the neck ;).
I am more of an odd stick (also odd duck) than a mudsill. ;D
Slim
Here's how! - Like "over the lips, between the gums, look out stomach, here it comes"? A toast. ( not the bread kind)
Quote from: Delmonico on October 11, 2004, 10:48:51 AM
I'm still thinkin' bout those.
Yoa ain't got bite yet, very important if ya go huntin' the Southern Herd, might wish ya had it fer a couple a days. :o
"And then McRae explained the poison vial or tube, which he invented and which became common with runners on all ranges. One day he came upon the body of a teamster, who had been stripped, scalped while alive, his privates cut off and stuck into his mouth and fastened there with a sinew cord. Fat pine splinters had been stuck into his flesh from ankles to chin until he resembled a hedgehog. These were ignited at his feet, causing an upward slow flame which literally roasted him alive. His body had been fastened to a dead tree trunk with his own chains.
"No Indian will scalp a dead man," McRae explained. "And wouldn't you rather have a quick painless death from poison than a tortured lingering death like that teamster? Always carry this," handing me a device made by sticking a .40 caliber shell inside a .45 caliber. I took them apart. Inside the .40 caliber shell was a very thin glass tube, like a test tube, filled with a whitish powder.
"Hydrocyanic acid," McRae explained. "If Indians seem fit to capture you, bite hard on the tube. It's sure medicine against scalping and torture."
Thereafter I carried my tube religiously. I never had to "bite the white," as we used to put it, but I know of two instances of runners who did. Their bodies had not been mutilated or even scalped after death.
from Frank Mayer's
The Buffalo Harvest
Never leave home with out it, I got's a 45-70 case on a thong round ma neck when ever I leave home and it's got white powder in it. ;D ;D
I used mine a time er twoo. But's I carry Benadryl in mine, good fer "lergic's. ;D
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on October 11, 2004, 01:03:40 PM
Here's how! - Like "over the lips, between the gums, look out stomach, here it comes"? A toast. ( not the bread kind)
Reckon it could be toasted "Rye" bread?
Russ T can chalk up another win. :)
Beat the devil around the stump
Dicker
Offish
To beat the Dutch
beat the dutch is run
dicker is barterin'
Quote from: Delmonico on October 11, 2004, 07:42:18 PM
beat the dutch is run
dicker is barterin'
One outta two beats none outta two.
Dicker
~ barter, trade.Need to relook
"To beat the Dutch".Also need to give
Beat the devil around the stump and
Offish a shot.
;D I've enjoyed these posts more than you fellas can imagine. Thanks,
Offish might be snobish.
From "Dr. Fogey's Lexicon of Civil War-Period Words & Expressions"
about right
above his bent
biddable
big bug
carry guts to a bear
cipher
Quote from: Delmonico on October 11, 2004, 09:12:37 PM
Offish might be snobish.
Offish
~ distant, reserved, aloof.You've still got it (or at least a little bit of it) Del. Guess "old Timer's hasn't creeped up on lyou yet.
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on October 11, 2004, 07:49:13 PM
Beat the devil around the stump
not taking responsibility for your actions
Slim
cipher in CW lingo would be code, in cowboy it's doin' math.
Big Bug in cowboy lingo is a lobster, they were startin' ta be shipped in on reefer cars, fer a price,
You guys are sure passing me up! I bow to the more educated/experienced among you.......Buck 8) :o ;D
We'z not more edgamacated. We'z just know where to find the answers. ;D
Slim
Slim, I answer 90% out of my head, the others I know which book ta look in. Remember I skeered of Mr. Google, he lead me astray one day.
Yea! More wildlife ;D ::) ;D
carry guts to a bear -- do something totally dumb or worthless.
Quote from: Delmonico on October 12, 2004, 09:41:10 AM
cipher in CW lingo would be code, in cowboy it's doin' math.
Nope, it meant the same thing, "ciphering" was arithmetic. "Cypher" for coded messages is a later term.
QuoteBig Bug in cowboy lingo is a lobster, they were startin' ta be shipped in on reefer cars, fer a price,
During the War of the Rebellion, "big bug" meant an officer of higher rank than your company or regimental commanders. Only the soldiers from the coast (especially the New Englanders) had ever seen a whole lobster, but many had the chance to get canned lobster from the sutlers. It was one of the many delicacies looted from the supply trains at Manassas when "Old Blue Light" and his Stonewall Brigade came through in '62.
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on October 12, 2004, 11:53:05 AM
Yea! More wildlife ;D ::) ;D
carry guts to a bear -- do something totally dumb or worthless.
Correct! Same meaning as "carrying coal to Newcastle". You didn't have to carry guts from slaughtered pigs and cows to a bear, he'd smell it and come looking :-)
Now how about the first three?
When the lights go on in Wrigley field they will be carryin' coals ta Newcastle. One of radio's greats, Paul Harvey mentioned that the last coal mine had been shut down in Newcastle, so they are now carryin' coals ta Newcastle. Next thing ya know gasoline will be cheaper than water, Woops it is at my local fuel supplier. ;D
Wow a Civil War ren-actor that don't belive in just salt pork (always wrong when they do it, chect out post a ways down in this fourm on it.) hardtack and beans.
I don't know if ya know but I sometimes sell my services as a ceevillian cook fer a Newbrasskey Milita outfit. After rations are issued, a private is sent ta the sutler, for period items not issued, this comes outa company funds. Was on a Sutler run once with a private and we almost conscriped a chicken. ;D Was a beutiful Rhode Island Red Rooster in someone's front yard, bet I coulda done somthin' with him. ;D We decided though, the ceevilians might complain ta the local town marshall and they would send the person in charge of law enforcement at that park after us. Since that would be the local game warden I decided ta pass since I am on friendly terms with the fella. But it would have been historically correct ta steal the chicken. ;D
Between hay and grass
Let slide/ let drive/ let fly
Hot as a w---rehouse on nickel night
Twig
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on October 19, 2004, 01:06:16 PM
Between hay and grass
Let slide/ let drive/ let fly
Hot as a w---rehouse on nickel night
Twig
Let slide/ let drive/ let fly -- Get on with it
tween hay and grass-ain't finished yet
hotter than a - rather busy
twig- to look at
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on October 19, 2004, 03:25:49 PM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on October 19, 2004, 01:06:16 PM
Between hay and grass
Let slide/ let drive/ let fly
Hot as a w---rehouse on nickel night
Twig
Let slide/ let drive/ let fly -- Get on with it
Let slide/ let drive/ let fly ~ go ahead, let go. "If you think you want trouble, then let fly." 'Pears Russ T got hisself a nuther one.
Quote from: Delmonico on October 19, 2004, 03:47:34 PM
tween hay and grass-ain't finished yet
hotter than a - rather busy
twig- to look at
Guess ol' Del gets credit for these two.
Between hay and grass
~ neither man nor boy, half-grown.Twig
~ understand.,
but here's what i have for Hot as a w--rehouse on nickel night
~ damned hot.
Make a mash
Stand the gaff
Knocked into a cocked hat
Fandango
fandango-lively Mexican dance with casenets, but also means any kind of a dance
knocked into a cock hat- knocked silly
stand the gaff- put up with life's poop ;D (don't tell Slim)
make a mash- knock the poop outa someone (Slim ain't here)
Now Del, the POOPS gettin' deep in here!!!! :o :o.................Buck 8) ;D ;D
sheep dip ( like BS)
old blister (usually an older nosey pain in the neck woman)
nester (settler, farmer, someone buildin a place on what was range)
gunsel ( idiot)
Quote from: Delmonico on October 19, 2004, 10:26:47 PM
fandango-lively Mexican dance with casenets, but also means any kind of a dance
knocked into a cock hat- knocked silly
stand the gaff- put up with life's poop ;D (don't tell Slim)
make a mash- knock the poop outa someone (Slim ain't here)
Del did pretty good with all 'cept Make a mash
~ make a hit, impress someone. (Usually a female.) "Del's tryin' to make a mash on that new girl."Stand the gaff
~ take punishment in good spirit. "He can really stand the gaff."Knocked into a cocked hat
~ fouled up, rendered useless.Fandango
~ from the Spanish, a big party with lots of dancing and excitement.
Shave tail
Coffee boiler
Shindy
Lead plum
No beans in the wheel
Shavetail is a 2nd Loootent
Coffee Boiler is a coffee pot with out them durned peculator parts.
No beans in the wheel be an empiiity reeeevolvor.
Well, finally some action here. I was beginnin' to think you guys quit :oI enjoy these types of threads.............Buck 8) ::) :o ;D
Shindy --------- a ruckus
Lead plum ---- honest
Give Del credit for these two:
Shave tail ~ a green, inexperienced person.
No beans in the wheel ~ no cartridges in the cylinder.
And Russ T got this one:
Shindy ~ uproar, confusion.
No one got these right:
Coffee boiler ~ shirker, lazy person. (Would rather sit around the coffee pot than help.)
Lead plum ~ a bullet.
Spanish supper
corpse an' cartridge occasion
'dobe walled
pooch (If Del doesn't get this one I'll be mighty surprised)
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on November 03, 2004, 08:42:08 PM
Spanish supper
corpse an' cartridge occasion
'dobe walled
pooch (If Del doesn't get this one I'll be mighty surprised)
Pooch -------------------- stewed tomatoes, bread and sugar (sorry Del, but it sounded like wildlife to me)
corpse an' cartridge occasion ----- a shooting death?
'dobe walled ----------- executed by fireing squad in Mexico?
The ???? are the guesses. ??? ??? ??? ;D
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on November 04, 2004, 09:44:08 AM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on November 03, 2004, 08:42:08 PM
Spanish supper
corpse an' cartridge occasion
'dobe walled
pooch (If Del doesn't get this one I'll be mighty surprised)
Pooch -------------------- stewed tomatoes, bread and sugar (sorry Del, but it sounded like wildlife to me)
corpse an' cartridge occasion ----- a shooting death?
'dobe walled ----------- executed by fireing squad in Mexico?
The ???? are the guesses. ??? ??? ??? ;D
Dang, Russ T, you're gettin' pretty good at this.
Corpse an' cartridge occasion
~ gunfight.'dobe walled
~ to stand one against the wall and excute by shooting as was so often the case in Mexico.Pooch
~ a dish made of canned tomatoes, sugar, and bread.Somebody gotta give
Spanish supper a shot.
Ok..
Spanish Supper is wine..
Now my barber growing up was named Poochie.. wonder how he got the name.
Quote from: Big Hext Finnigan on November 04, 2004, 11:37:27 PM
Ok..
Spanish Supper is wine..
Now my barber growing up was named Poochie.. wonder how he got the name.
Maybe Spanish Supper is wine in Austin, but according to Ramon F. Adams' book
Cowboy Lingo, Spanish supper is
"tightening the belt a notch or two as a substitute for food".Was that your barber or your barker that was named "Poochie"?
Let's try this one:
Root hog or die
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on November 05, 2004, 11:08:26 AM
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on November 05, 2004, 11:06:21 AM
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on November 05, 2004, 10:38:41 AM
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on November 05, 2004, 09:48:32 AM
Let's try this one:
Root hog or die
Scrounge for food?
Slim
Sounds good, but it's not what I have.
And, what do you have?
Slim
To go after something all out.
That sounds good to me.
Slim
Probably where we get "going after something, Whole Hog".
To go the whole hog. An American expression meaning unmixed democratical principles. It is used in England to signify a "thorough goer" of any kind. In Virginia the dealer asks the retail butcher if "he means to go the whole hog, or to take only certain joints, and he regulates his price accordingly." (Men and Manners of America.
Mahomet forbade his followers to eat one part of the pig, but did not particularise what part he intended. Hence, strict Mahometans abstain from pork altogether, but those less scrupulous eat any part they fancy. Cowper refers to this in the lines:
"With sophistry their sauce they sweeten,
Till quite from tail to snout `tis eaten."
Love of the World Reproved.
Another explanation is this: A hog in Ireland is slang for "a shilling," and to go the whole hog means to spend the whole shilling. (See Hog.)
'fraid hole
ketch dog
pants rats or seam squirrels
throwing the steel
'Sposed to meet up with Bambi in the mornin'. Wish me luck.
pants rats, seam squirrels - cooties, lice nasty things you don't want
Quote from: Delmonico on November 05, 2004, 07:24:01 PM
pants rats, seam squirrels - cooties, lice nasty things you don't want
I'm guessin' Del was a mite disappointed he didn't get to use "poop" in his reply, but he did get to display his knowledge of other undesirable things.
How 'bout someone takin' on these other three:
'fraid hole
ketch dog
throwing the steel
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on November 09, 2004, 06:22:26 PM
Quote from: Delmonico on November 05, 2004, 07:24:01 PM
pants rats, seam squirrels - cooties, lice nasty things you don't want
I'm guessin' Del was a mite disappointed he didn't get to use "poop" in his reply, but he did get to display his knowledge of other undesirable things.
How 'bout someone takin' on these other three:
'fraid hole
ketch dog
throwing the steel
Throwing the steel ---- tossing a knife perchance? Don't have a clue on the wildlife one (ketch dog)
ketch dog- maybe bounty hunter?
fraid hole- hidin' place?
throwin' steel- losin' a horseshoe?
Russ T. I think the Capt. out smarted himself here and crawled down his fraid hole, thats why we ain't heard from him in afew days. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
Quote from: Delmonico on November 12, 2004, 11:34:31 AM
ketch dog- maybe bounty hunter?
fraid hole- hidin' place?
throwin' steel- losin' a horseshoe?
Russ T. I think the Capt. out smarted himself here and crawled down his fraid hole, thats why we ain't heard from him in afew days. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
Del
I think maaybe his meeting with Bambi may not have turned out like he thought. ??? Maybe Bambi won this one!! ;D ;D
Or Texana found out Bambi wasn't the ruminant we thought she was. ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D ;D
Cool, I got to already dead Bambi's given to me this week, the Bambi killer's even help me de-bone it. Don't know which ones parts I cooked last nigh, but it was wonderful, course one was a 1 1/2 old buck that needed culled because of antlers and a this year doe. Wonderful eatin' and in our area they are almost considered varnmints, so right now G&P wants bunches kilt cause they are vicious, they are attackin' Yuppies in mini-vans kamakizie style.
Did ya ever notice that serious deer hunters (as in kills them often) very seldom hit one on the road and if they do it's most often after dark. I've talked to several rural vollenteer Emt's about this and they have noticed the same thing. Bet of the Govt. would give me big bucks fer a grant I could tell them why.
Maybe if Bambi won, we need a recipe on how to properly cook a Hamp.
Just use a beef recipe and where it says beef, use part of the Capt. I vote for Chili, good and spicy in case he tastes a bit funny, no wait, clowns taste funny. ;D ;D :o :P
Taint funny though, I had a standoff with a ruttin' buck several years ago, almost shot him out of season, he was within a few feet of my imaginary line when he backed off, 243 was loaded, safety was off and the crosshairs were on his chest and the scope was on 1X and the line was only about 50 feet away and he was pawin and beatin the brush. I really did not want his harem, even though he thought so.
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on November 12, 2004, 07:14:37 PM
Maybe if Bambi won, we need a recipe on how to properly cook a Hamp.
Reckon a recipe for buffalo hump would work - could call the results "Buffalo Hamp".
Sorry for delay in response, but am still not getting email notification of posts since changeover to AOL. Any ideas how to correct this problem?
Haven't had a successful encounter with Bambi yet, although other extended family members have taken three
8-pointers and one 6-point off our place here. Also have a herd of feral hogs that are passing through on a regular basis for the first time ever. Supposed to be 12+ hogs and several 40-50 lb pigs in the bunch. Would definitely like to get one of those pigs.
At least you guys gave it a shot, so here are the definitions of the most recent words/phrases:
'fraid hole
~ Cyclone cellarketch dog
~ dog trained and used to catch cattle by the nose and hold or throw them until they could be tied.Throwing the steel
~ using spurs freely.
Capt. tell em not ta kill the herd bulls fer eatin', ;D them young does and the young bucks with less antlers than they should have are mighty good eatin'. Never could come up with a decent recipe fer antlers, tried fryin' them, boilin' them and bakin' them and they're still to tough ta eat. :P :o ;D
Course thats the kinda thing ya think I would say. ;D Had braised deer, canned milk gravy and sourdough biscuits fer supper again. The finest meal in the world two nights in a row. Life don't get no better'n that. ;) Unless I do it again tommorow. ;D
In an eariler post old Del said "Did ya ever notice that serious deer hunters (as in kills them often) very seldom hit one on the road and if they do it's most often after dark. I've talked to several rural vollenteer Emt's about this and they have noticed the same thing. Bet of the Govt. would give me big bucks fer a grant I could tell them why."
Can't speak for the other "serious" ones, but I know that anytime I drive on rural roads/highways I am always on the lookout for deer, especially at night. While our deer here in central Texas aren't as large as in some of your locales, they are very numerous and are plenty big enough to cost you a bunch of change for repairs to your vehicle if you hit one. Del mentions EMT. Just this past year, the head honcho of our local EMS (flew choppers and had commanded an aviation battalion in Viet Nam) was returning from a meeting one night, swerved to miss a deer, ran off the road, and hit an embankment. A large object in his back seat was thrown forward and struck him in the back of his neck, breaking it and paralyzing him. He only lived for a couple of days after the accident. The deer survived.
They tell us up here, never swerve to miss one, brake what you can and take it out, it will most often roll over top and the windshield will keep it out of most cars. Swervin' will risk a roll over, that's how almost all who get killed get killed.
As an ex-bodyman I will agree, all cars I have ever fixed after a deer wreck, the deer or even the horse and rider go over top, pedestrians seem to want to go under though.
singin' to 'em
top screw
cuitan
makin's
brain tablet
singin' to um-ridin' night herd
top screw-trail, ranch or roundup boss
makin's-yer tabaccy and yer papers or corn huks that ye roll yer baccy in
Quote from: Delmonico on November 13, 2004, 02:22:35 PM
singin' to um-ridin' night herd
top screw-trail, ranch or roundup boss
makin's-yer tabaccy and yer papers or corn huks that ye roll yer baccy in
Got all three of those right, Del.
Ranch or roundup boss also often referred to as "Cock-a-doodle-doo".cuitan
~ Indian ponybrain tablet
~ cigarette
Gave him a pill in his stomach he couldn't digest
Unravel some cartridges
Grulla
Cactus boomers
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on November 21, 2004, 11:04:55 AM
Gave him a pill in his stomach he couldn't digest
Unravel some cartridges
Grulla
Cactus boomers
Gave him a pill in his stomach he couldn't digest --- Shot in the stomach?
Unravel some cartridges --- Go shootin'?
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on November 21, 2004, 11:28:23 AM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on November 21, 2004, 11:04:55 AM
Gave him a pill in his stomach he couldn't digest
Unravel some cartridges
Grulla
Cactus boomers
Gave him a pill in his stomach he couldn't digest --- Shot in the stomach?
Unravel some cartridges --- Go shootin'?
You got both of those right, Russ T.
Gave him a pill in his stomach he couldn't digest
~ shot a man in the abdomenUnravel some cartridges
~ to start shooting Still need:
Grulla
Cactus boomers
A greyish colored horse, often liked cause it blends inta the background well, kinda like camyfloooge.
Cactus bloomer- shows up in good times like cactus flowers after a rain.
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on November 21, 2004, 11:04:55 AM
Gave him a pill in his stomach he couldn't digest
Unravel some cartridges
Grulla
Cactus boomers
Cactus boomers --- Longhorns
Quote from: Delmonico on November 21, 2004, 02:00:04 PM
A greyish colored horse, often liked cause it blends inta the background well, kinda like camyfloooge.
Cactus bloomer- shows up in good times like cactus flowers after a rain.
Got this one, Del
Grulla
~ mouse colored horseAin't lookin' for no cactus "bloomers" (ain't that some kinda underwares?), we're talkin' Cactus
boomers.
Russ T, you are right with
your response. Cactus boomers
~ old South Texas longhorns
Mexican iron
down in the skillet
holler calf rope
cut a big gut
down in the skillet- in deep poop. ;D ;D
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on November 21, 2004, 02:26:17 PM
Mexican iron
down in the skillet
holler calf rope
cut a big gut
holler calf rope ---- give up?
could mexican iron be big ol' Mexican type spurs
Quote from: Delmonico on November 21, 2004, 08:55:07 PM
could mexican iron be big ol' Mexican type spurs
Mexican iron
~ Rawhide
Quote from: Delmonico on November 21, 2004, 04:02:06 PM
down in the skillet- in deep poop. ;D ;D
Down in the skillet
~ Panhandle of Texas
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on November 21, 2004, 06:45:36 PM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on November 21, 2004, 02:26:17 PM
Mexican iron
down in the skillet
holler calf rope
cut a big gut
holler calf rope ---- give up?
Sure 'nuff, Russ T. Holler calf rope
~ acknowledge defeat
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on November 21, 2004, 09:47:38 PM
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on November 21, 2004, 06:45:36 PM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on November 21, 2004, 02:26:17 PM
Mexican iron
down in the skillet
holler calf rope
cut a big gut
holler calf rope ---- give up?
Sure 'nuff, Russ T. Holler calf rope ~ acknowledge defeat
Must'a been that wildlife thing again.
Russ T,
Your photos keep getting younger and younger. Wouldn't be surprised if the next one is a pre-birth sonogram of you. On second thought, it would have to have been made by Matthew Brady, and I doubt he had that type of equipment. ;D ;D
How 'bout givin' cut a big gut a try?
Capt., You've been looking at my avatar again!.........Buck 8) :o ::) ;D
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on November 22, 2004, 04:09:31 PM
Russ T,
Your photos keep getting younger and younger. Wouldn't be surprised if the next one is a pre-birth sonogram of you. On second thought, it would have to have been made by Matthew Brady, and I doubt he had that type of equipment. ;D ;D
How 'bout givin' cut a big gut a try?
As I told Slim t'uther one was taken late at night in some gold field saloon. I've had a good night's sleep or two since, and it freshen'd me up.
As to the last one , I'm still ponderin' it.
Cut a big gut-slice a summer sausage? Takes a big gut ta make on a dem. Back afore un-natural casing (if a gut is a natural casin' wouldn't a colloid one be an un-natural casin'?) they used the lower part of the large intestine of a bolivine type creature for that. So to slice a summer sausage would be to cut a big gut. ;D ;D :o :o :o ;D ;)
Quote from: Delmonico on November 22, 2004, 07:21:37 PM
Cut a big gut-slice a summer sausage? Takes a big gut ta make on a dem. Back afore un-natural casing (if a gut is a natural casin' wouldn't a colloid one be an un-natural casin'?) they used the lower part of the large intestine of a bolivine type creature for that. So to slice a summer sausage would be to cut a big gut. ;D ;D :o :o :o ;D ;)
To "cut a big gut" is somethin' I (and Del) tend ta do kinda often. Cut a big gut
~ make oneself look ridiculous
Ya got to admit. even though it was "graspin' at straws" it was a good guess that might of eddycated ya. ;D
And Cap, why ya pickin' on me, least i ain't goin' through my second childhood like
Russ T.
With that Delmonico sticks his tongue out at Russ and sends the post. ;D ;D
Quote from: Delmonico on November 23, 2004, 10:11:44 PM
Ya got to admit. even though it was "graspin' at straws" it was a good guess that might of eddycated ya. ;D
And Cap, why ya pickin' on me, least i ain't goin' through my second childhood like
Russ T.
With that Delmonico sticks his tongue out at Russ and sends the post. ;D ;D
Whatcha mean "pickin' on me"? I thought I was includin' you in a mighty exclusive group. Ya noticed little Russ T weren't there dintcha? Might be when he gits growed up a bit, but don't think he be ripe 'nuff yet.
wreck pan
squaw wood or prairy coal
Mexican strawberries
groanin' cart
If Del don't get these right quick, I'll be real disappointed in him.
I know I ain't the caliber of these old word pistoleros..
I reckon that squaw wood is buffalo chips.
Maybe a groanin' cart is one of those carteras, with the wooden wheels and axle?
Would a Mxican strawberry be a chili pepper?
And I can't hazard a guess on a wreck pan.. sounds like something at an auto yard. :)
Adios,
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on November 24, 2004, 07:20:02 AM
Quote from: Delmonico on November 23, 2004, 10:11:44 PM
Ya got to admit. even though it was "graspin' at straws" it was a good guess that might of eddycated ya. ;D
And Cap, why ya pickin' on me, least i ain't goin' through my second childhood like
Russ T.
With that Delmonico sticks his tongue out at Russ and sends the post. ;D ;D
Whatcha mean "pickin' on me"? I thought I was includin' you in a mighty exclusive group. Ya noticed little Russ T weren't there dintcha? Might be when he gits growed up a bit, but don't think he be ripe 'nuff yet.
What do ya mean
second childhood ??? ??? ??? I'm workin' on my fourth or fifth ;D ;D ;D At my age it's hard to remember what iteration I'm on ::) ::) ::)
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on November 24, 2004, 10:02:20 AM
wreck pan
squaw wood or prairy coal
Mexican strawberries
groanin' cart
If Del don't get these right quick, I'll be real disappointed in him.
Del must be sleepin' under the chuck wagon. ::)
Wreck pan is where the boys would put the plates after eatin'.
Big Hext is correct with "I reckon that squaw wood is buffalo chips." It applies to cow chips as well. He's also close with his answer for "groanin' cart".
Russ T (bless his precious little heart) is correct with "Wreck pan is where the boys would put the plates after eatin'."
Guess we'll have to wait for Del (or some other feller what thinks he's smart) to come up with the meanin' for Mexican strawberries and groanin' cart
Mexican Strawberries are pinto beans
Groanin' cart is a full plate
I know squaw wood as what you can pick up off the ground and use without havin' to use a saw or axe.
Sorry I had to go to the bank and get money, to buy coffee beans was out. Also, flour and lard.
I am makin' bread "for my wife to take with her to her sister's house tommorow." Please note quotes. Gotta go there might be bread takin' over my kitchen right now, if I don't return it was tooooo muuucch indutrial type yeast, I love the stuff.
Del's half right with his Mexican strawberries answer. Squaw wood is another term for cow/buffalo chips, howsomever.
groanin' cart was another term for chuck wagon.
I cry fowl in honor of the season. Prairie coal might have been sometimes called squaw wood, but my answer in that on is also correct.
OK boiled pinto beans!!!!!!
The other though was a guess. ;D ::)
Del, would you call old sourdough biscets Squaw wood?
Dern it, I seen you were round and thought ya was gonna deefend me.
Oh yes, tryin' ta burn up week old sourdough biscuits that lain open on the counter fer a week, we had ta burn them, if we shot them the bullets would have rickershayed off and someone would have been hurt. Kinda though reminded me of hard coal, not squaw wood.
Hope every body survived Thanksgiving, 'specially those what ate Del's cookin'. ;D
Here's smore words to cogitate on.
mockey
fish (not piscatorially related)
wrangatang
"Buck Nun"
Fish be on a them yallar ruberizes slickers thak keeps tha rain ofen yer carcass. A true Fish is made by the Fish company, but the one's made by Tower and others is often called a fish. Also they often be called a henskin.
My brain is to tired from work ta think of the others right now. Maybe after some coffee. Sides that Buck Nun sounds like a job fe Russ. Cept it also would by looogeeek maybe be a priest or a monk.
Tain't nobody had ta eat ma cookin' on Thursday but me. The warden gave me a pardon and let me stay home instead a goin' ta her sistors house. Stayed home by ma self and braised some deer steak, made canned cow gravy and sourdough biscuits. Also made an apple/raisin cobbler. Bet that was a better meal than any ta you ate's.
Nuthin' fishy 'bout Dell's response - fish ~ slicker or oil skin coat.
No body wantin' to try the others?
mockey
wrangatang
"Buck Nun"
wrangatang - what Elmer Fudd calls this ;D
(http://www.f.kth.se/~f94-hjo/pics/borneo-malaysia2002/orangutang.jpg)
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on November 28, 2004, 06:32:37 AM
Nuthin' fishy 'bout Dell's response - fish ~ slicker or oil skin coat.
No body wantin' to try the others?
mockey
wrangatang
"Buck Nun"
Just got back from Turkey wranglin' in Orygun. So I guess we'll give this a try. Think I've got all the Tryptophan out of my system. ::) ::)
First the wildlife:
Mockey --- a wild mare :P
Now we're guessing:
Wrangatan --- Ranch foreman? ??? ???
I don't think it's Slim's version of wildlife! ;D ;D
Welcome back Slim!
I'd take a shot at "Buck Nun," but my definition would involve men cross-dressing into female religious garb, and then both Slim and Delmonico would glare at me!
:D
AnnieLee
Quote from: AnnieLee on November 29, 2004, 02:27:18 PM
I'd take a shot at "Buck Nun," but my definition would involve men cross-dressing into female religious garb, and then both Slim and Delmonico would glare at me!
:D
AnnieLee
Ya got that right. ;)
Slim
Buck nun: A woman so devout, she missed her calling. She should have been a nun. Usually used in a derogatory way.
Russ T had mockey pegged with his definition ~wild mare
Slim and AnnieLee at least gave it a shot, but they both missed.
wrangatang ~ day horse herder
Buck Nun ~ man living the life of a recluse
Was gettin' a mite worried bout old Slim, not hearin' nuthin outta him for so long, and was 'fraid some turkey hunter mistook his red beard and red bandana for a turkey wattle and brung him home for Thanksgiving dinner.
.
Well, phooey! Google let me down! <kicks Google up and down the block a few times>
I reckon that means I really AM a nun, then!
:D
AnnieLee
I think I would par boil Slim afore we roasted him. Maybe a cornbread stuffin' with canned oysters. Wrap his ears with wet rags ta keep them from burnin' maybe the apple in his mouth ta finish it off, na we'll be different and put a trout in his mouth and a crab apple in the trouts mouth. :P :P
Quote from: Delmonico on November 29, 2004, 10:24:23 PM
I think I would par boil Slim afore we roasted him. Maybe a cornbread stuffin' with canned oysters. Wrap his ears with wet rags ta keep them from burnin' maybe the apple in his mouth ta finish it off, na we'll be different and put a trout in his mouth and a crab apple in the trouts mouth. :P :P
::)
Slim
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on November 29, 2004, 08:18:30 PM
Russ T had mockey pegged with his definition ~wild mare
Slim and AnnieLee at least gave it a shot, but they both missed.
wrangatang ~ day horse herder
Buck Nun ~ man living the life of a recluse
Was gettin' a mite worried bout old Slim, not hearin' nuthin outta him for so long, and was 'fraid some turkey hunter mistook his red beard and red bandana for a turkey wattle and brung him home for Thanksgiving dinner.
.
Been chasing Chinese Chix. Besides Del and Rusty are too fast for me. :(
Slim
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on November 30, 2004, 10:30:04 AM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on November 29, 2004, 08:18:30 PM
Russ T had mockey pegged with his definition ~wild mare
Slim and AnnieLee at least gave it a shot, but they both missed.
wrangatang ~ day horse herder
Buck Nun ~ man living the life of a recluse
Was gettin' a mite worried bout old Slim, not hearin' nuthin outta him for so long, and was 'fraid some turkey hunter mistook his red beard and red bandana for a turkey wattle and brung him home for Thanksgiving dinner.
Been chasing Chinese Chix. Besides Del and Rusty are too fast for me. :(
Slim
Ever notice when Slim goes hunting there is more concern for Slim's well bein' than the game he's after.
Googlein' takes time Slim. ;D
Russ T said: "Ever notice when Slim goes hunting there is more concern for Slim's well bein' than the game he's after."
He's probly doin' us all a favor by gettin' rid of them defective birds he says caint fly nohow, by shootin' 'em on the ground. Ya don't really think he could hit one on the fly, do ya? ;D
shakin' hands with grandma
Tucson bed
telegraph him home
moonshinin' (has nuthin' to do with corn likker)
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on November 30, 2004, 05:49:44 PM
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on November 30, 2004, 10:30:04 AM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on November 29, 2004, 08:18:30 PM
Russ T had mockey pegged with his definition ~wild mare
Slim and AnnieLee at least gave it a shot, but they both missed.
wrangatang ~ day horse herder
Buck Nun ~ man living the life of a recluse
Was gettin' a mite worried bout old Slim, not hearin' nuthin outta him for so long, and was 'fraid some turkey hunter mistook his red beard and red bandana for a turkey wattle and brung him home for Thanksgiving dinner.
Been chasing Chinese Chix. Besides Del and Rusty are too fast for me. :(
Slim
Ever notice when Slim goes hunting there is more concern for Slim's well bein' than the game he's after.
Are ya implying the game is safer than me? ::)
Slim
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on November 30, 2004, 06:38:37 PM
Russ T said: "Ever notice when Slim goes hunting there is more concern for Slim's well bein' than the game he's after."
He's probly doin' us all a favor by gettin' rid of them defective birds he says caint fly nohow, by shootin' 'em on the ground. Ya don't really think he could hit one on the fly, do ya? ;D
I do, but it takes 'bout a box of shells. :-[
Slim
Quote from: Delmonico on November 30, 2004, 06:14:46 PM
Googlein' takes time Slim. ;D
Mr. Google is on a break. And so is me brain. :D
Slim
Slim went an' hid these , so am reposting.
shakin' hands with grandma
Tucson bed
telegraph him home
moonshinin' (has nuthin' to do with corn likker)
Sorry. :-[
Slim
It has many names but I understand Tucson bed as not havin' a soogun and usin' yer saddle and saddle blanket.
Telagraph home is to knock somebody in the head.
shakin' hands with Grandma-diein'
moonshinin'-ridin' night herd
Del, you're gettin' better all the time. Gonna give ya credit for these two:
Tucson bed ~ sleeping in the open without covering
telegraph him home (kinda close on this one) ~ to hang a rustler with his own rope and borrow a pole from Western Union
Need better answers for:
shakin' hands with grandma (means the same as "grabbin' the post")
moonshinin' (has something to do with a chuckwagon [or the lack thereof])
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on December 03, 2004, 09:04:19 AM
Del, you're gettin' better all the time. Gonna give ya credit for these two:
Tucson bed ~ sleeping in the open without covering
telegraph him home (kinda close on this one) ~ to hang a rustler with his own rope and borrow a pole from Western Union
Need better answers for:
shakin' hands with grandma (means the same as "grabbin' the post")
moonshinin' (has something to do with a chuckwagon [or the lack thereof])
shakin' hands with grandma --- holding the saddle horn
moonshinin' --- just a guess, but cookin' on a campfire?
Errr.. I always heard that "shaking hands with grandma" was what a guy did when he had to urinate. :-[
And is moonshinin' Del's favorite: Pooping?
AnnieLee
Quote from: AnnieLee on December 03, 2004, 11:54:59 AM
Errr.. I always heard that "shaking hands with grandma" was what a guy did when he had to urinate. :-[
And is moonshinin' Del's favorite: Pooping?
AnnieLee
Your Grandma musta had a curious anatomy. ??? ::) ;D
Russ T's dead on with "shakin' hands with grandma" ~ catching hold of the saddle horn when a horse starts bucking, and he's close with "moonshinin'" ~ working a roundup in rough country where a chuckwagon couldn't go.
Annie Lee, think you been hangin' out with some strange folks. Are you and Slim related?::)
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on December 04, 2004, 06:22:24 AM
Quote from: AnnieLee on December 03, 2004, 11:54:59 AM
Errr.. I always heard that "shaking hands with grandma" was what a guy did when he had to urinate. :-[
And is moonshinin' Del's favorite: Pooping?
AnnieLee
Your Grandma musta had a curious anatomy. ??? ::) ;D
Umm.. a lot of grandmas have soft, wrinkly hands with not a lot of firmness to them...
And I won't say more than that, because my face is turning red!
:-[
AnnieLee
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on December 04, 2004, 08:04:22 AM
Annie Lee, think you been hangin' out with some strange folks. Are you and Slim related?::)
Wow, how'd you know?? He and JW and I are cousins.
:D
AnnieLee
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on December 04, 2004, 08:04:22 AM
Russ T's dead on with "shakin' hands with grandma" ~ catching hold of the saddle horn when a horse starts bucking, and he's close with "moonshinin'" ~ working a roundup in rough country where a chuckwagon couldn't go.
Annie Lee, think you been hangin' out with some strange folks. Are you and Slim related?::)
Yeah! I resemble that remark. ;D
Slim
Don't ferget Lonegunman and I are realated as I tolt ya Slim. ;D
crease (as in to "crease" a horse)
bueno (as a category of cattle)
crease (as in to "crease" a horse) - stunning with a bullet
Slim
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on December 07, 2004, 04:30:08 PM
crease (as in to "crease" a horse) - stunning with a bullet
Slim
That's correct, Slim, but why would anyone want to do that?
crease
~ to place a rifle bullet in the top of the horse's neck, grazing the cords of the neck enough to stun the animal and knock it down so that it can be tied down before it recovers from the shock.
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on December 07, 2004, 04:50:56 PM
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on December 07, 2004, 04:30:08 PM
crease (as in to "crease" a horse) - stunning with a bullet
Slim
That's correct, Slim, but why would anyone want to do that?
crease ~ to place a rifle bullet in the top of the horse's neck, grazing the cords of the neck enough to stun the animal and knock it down so that it can be tied down before it recovers from the shock.
I have no clue. I ain't that good a shot even with a rifle.
Slim
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on December 07, 2004, 04:12:07 PM
crease (as in to "crease" a horse)
bueno (as a category of cattle)
crease (as in to "crease" a horse) As you said Slim got it. It was a method used to catch wild mustangs. Not very effective as they thought the rate was 1 capture to about 50 dead horses.
bueno (as a category of cattle) good cow, as in a head of cattle found at roundup that had a brand no one claimed, and wasn't in the registry. Like a freebee.
You do pretty good work for a kid, Russ T. We just might hire you on when you grow up. ;D
Let's see if the kid comes thru and gets hired.
Wood Pussy (not sexual)
Pig's vest with buttons (Delmoico?)
Why you low down rotten polecat, er wood pussy!!!!
Since most pork that was cured and smoked back then still had the skin on it. I would guess it was one of those slabs of bacon from a sow rather than a boar. (Used to get those once in a while.)
Let's see if the kid comes thru and gets hired.
Wood Pussy (not sexual) skunk - Hamp gets' it with "Why you low down rotten polecat, er wood pussy!!!!"
Pig's vest with buttons (Delmoico?) Saltpork or sowbelly - Del is close enough "Since most pork that was cured and smoked back then still had the skin on it. I would guess it was one of those slabs of bacon from a sow rather than a boar. (Used to get those once in a while.)"
Every body out buyin' Christmas gifts? Or, mebbe the Russ T Kid done run 'em all off. ;D
Here's a couple more for them what already got all the presents under the tree.
stripper (not the bump and grind kind)
saddle blanket gambler
fox fire
A saddle blanket gambler is one who will set up an improptue game anywhere as on a saddle blanket.
Boy, Cap'n, I thought you'd run out words..................Buck 8) ??? :)
Quote from: Delmonico on December 18, 2004, 09:55:36 PM
A saddle blanket gambler is one who will set up an improptue game anywhere as on a saddle blanket.
That'll work, Del. He was generally a small stakes gambler.
Four-Eyed Buck, you oughta know by now I'd make up somethin' 'fore I'd run out.
Hows about
stripper and
fox fire?
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on December 19, 2004, 09:08:35 AM
Quote from: Delmonico on December 18, 2004, 09:55:36 PM
A saddle blanket gambler is one who will set up an improptue game anywhere as on a saddle blanket.
That'll work, Del. He was generally a small stakes gambler.
Four-Eyed Buck, you oughta know by now I'd make up somethin' 'fore I'd run out.
Hows about stripper and fox fire?
Just got to my brother's telegraph in Wisconsin. My horse got a little "sluggish" passin' through Nebrassky. ;D :P
More wildlife sorta!
Stripper: Either a heifer, or a buffalo skinner.
Got one for Del, or anyone else fot that matter: :D
Son-of-a-bitch-in-a-sack.
Sob in a sack is a boiled or steamed puddin' in a sack. This is a bead or flour based puddin' not a cornstarch based puddin' like Bill Cosby was always peddlein'. ;D
Quote from: Delmonico on December 19, 2004, 07:20:35 PM
Sob in a sack is a boiled or steamed puddin' in a sack. This is a bead or flour based puddin' not a cornstarch based puddin' like Bill Cosby was always peddlein'. ;D
Suet pudding! ;D
Slim
fox fire - tie a torch to the tail of a fox and let it go in the grasslands
Slim
Here's one fer ya.
Leather burner
Slim
Most cowboy/chuckwagon puddin's are suet, but not all. I need to do some work in this area, plan to take that project up after the first of the year, if ya lived closer Slim ya could come help with the taste testin'. ;)
Leather burner can either be someone who rides long distance or someone who breaks horses.
The only Fox Fire I know of is dem books from back east and the glowy stuff from rotten wood.
Quote from: Delmonico on December 19, 2004, 07:20:35 PM
Sob in a sack is a boiled or steamed puddin' in a sack. This is a bead or flour based puddin' not a cornstarch based puddin' like Bill Cosby was always peddlein'. ;D
The version I heard of was dried fruit wrapped in dough then steeamed.
Fox fire -- glow on the horns of cattle during an electrical storm.
Quote from: Delmonico on December 20, 2004, 09:40:01 AM
Most cowboy/chuckwagon puddin's are suet, but not all. I need to do some work in this area, plan to take that project up after the first of the year, if ya lived closer Slim ya could come help with the taste testin'. ;)
Leather burner can either be someone who rides long distance or someone who breaks horses.
The only Fox Fire I know of is dem books from back east and the glowy stuff from rotten wood.
My Dad's family (English) always has Suet Pudding for Christmas. Ya can bring some to the convention. ;D
I'z looking fer something else fer
Leather Burner. One of Hoppy's movies is titled "Leather Burners". I just watched it the other night. ;D
Slim
Most chuckwagons did not seem to carry a pudin' mould so they often made what ever variation the cook prefered in a sack, my reseach says any boiled or steamed puddin' in a puddin' cloth was a sob in a sack. ;D ;)
The leather burner could also be a runnin' iron expert, fergot that one, since Slim is in on it more than likely, fergot that one.
Just like to day, words change their meanin.' A gay cowboy today ain't what a gay cowboy would have been around 1900.
The horn thing I've always seen referances to that bein' St' Elmo's fire, but no doubt fox fire would have been used also since it would resemble the rotten wood kind.
Even the word cowboy has changed, an old fella who would accept that term in 1899 might have shot you for callin' him one in 1861. Fact is any good patreeeout durnin' the revalooontion would have shot a "
Quote from: Delmonico on December 20, 2004, 10:11:10 AM
The leather burner could also be a runnin' iron expert, fergot that one, since Slim is in on it more than likely, fergot that one.
That's the one I was looking fer. ;D
Slim
cowboy, cause that was a loyalist that stole cattle from patriots. ;D
That was wierd I wasn't fisnished with this post, went upstairs to do some things and it was posted. ??? ??? ???
Was that durn cat playin' with the mouse? ??? :o :o :-\
Quote from: Delmonico on December 20, 2004, 10:36:49 AM
cowboy, cause that was a loyalist that stole cattle from patriots. ;D
That was wierd I wasn't fisnished with this post, went upstairs to do some things and it was posted. ??? ??? ???
Was that durn cat playin' with the mouse? ??? :o :o :-\
I wouldn't doubt. That is probably why cat aren't allowed at the office. ;D
Slim
Russ T was right with:
stripper = buffalo skinner
fox fire = glow on the horns of cattle during an electrical storm
chigaderos
red ink
walkin'-beamin'
as useless as a twenty-two cartridge in an 8-gauge shotgun (Slim, don't take this one personal) ;D
chigaderos is tabaccy rolled up in a cornhusk and smoked. ;D
ussless as a 22 in a 8 gauge, not much good. ;D
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on December 21, 2004, 07:18:37 AM
as useless as a twenty-two cartridge in an 8-gauge shotgun (Slim, don't take this one personal) ;D
Whatcha mean by that?!?! >:( ;)
Slim
Quote from: Delmonico on December 21, 2004, 09:10:09 AM
chigaderos is tabaccy rolled up in a cornhusk and smoked. ;D
ussless as a 22 in a 8 gauge, not much good. ;D
Del's right :) with the second one, but wrong :'( with the first.
chigaderos, chinkaderos, and
armitas are all names for variations of early chaps.
Someone needs to take a shot at:
red ink
walkin'-beamin'
red ink - being over budget
Slim
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on December 22, 2004, 09:18:44 AM
Quote from: Delmonico on December 21, 2004, 09:10:09 AM
chigaderos is tabaccy rolled up in a cornhusk and smoked. ;D
ussless as a 22 in a 8 gauge, not much good. ;D
Del's right :) with the second one, but wrong :'( with the first.
chigaderos, chinkaderos, and armitas are all names for variations of early chaps.
Someone needs to take a shot at:
red ink
walkin'-beamin'
Red ink --- Whiskey
Slim's wrong and that little feller, Russ T, is right.
red ink ~ whiskey
red signal oil
Slim
calf slobber
Quote from: Delmonico on December 28, 2004, 06:44:02 PM
calf slobber
Nope. There is no such thing. It was used in a Hoppy movie to play a trick on California. ;D
Slim
Wrong Slim, think bucket calf. ;D ;D :P
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on December 29, 2004, 01:02:06 PM
Quote from: Delmonico on December 28, 2004, 06:44:02 PM
calf slobber
Nope. There is no such thing. It was used in a Hoppy movie to play a trick on California. ;D
Slim
Just like the time California was told to get a bucket of steam from a train engine. ::) ::)
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on December 29, 2004, 01:26:29 PM
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on December 29, 2004, 01:02:06 PM
Quote from: Delmonico on December 28, 2004, 06:44:02 PM
calf slobber
Nope. There is no such thing. It was used in a Hoppy movie to play a trick on California. ;D
Slim
Just like the time California was told to get a bucket of steam from a train engine. ::) ::)
Yep, that's in the same movie. ;D
Slim
Okay folks
Been kinda quiet 'round here! ??? ::) ;D
Lets see what we can do with defining these: ???
Roll the cotton ----
Rope meat ----
Didn't have a tail-feather left ----
Ain't never gonna get anybody to come out and play if ya keep postin these hard ones.
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on February 12, 2005, 06:28:09 AM
Ain't never gonna get anybody to come out and play if ya keep postin these hard ones.
Roll the cotton ---- Roll up one's bed and move amp
Rope meat ---- the victum of a hang'n
Didn't have a tail-feather left ---- completely broke, usuallu after a bad night gamblin'
Ididn't really think they was that bad. ??? ::) :o
Dang it, I should have posted my guess on the tail feathers one, I would have been correct!
It still would have been a guess,
AnnieLee
Quote from: AnnieLee on February 14, 2005, 12:39:32 PM
Dang it, I should have posted my guess on the tail feathers one, I would have been correct!
It still would have been a guess,
AnnieLee
I got by with guesses on some of Capt. Cox's words. ::) ::) Just like I guess on the location of targets after my first coupl'a blackpowder rounds go down range. If'n I hear a clang, I know I guessed right. :o ;D
Been so long since we started this thread I may be repeatin' myself, so be gentle with me. ::)
man for breakfast
unshucked
fag
on the prod
Fag- cigarette? or the early usage was a small piece of woood as in kindling...........Buck 8) ::) ??? :-\
On the prod----
Here's my guess... on the move, moving along as if prodded.
I agree with fag being the ember of a stick or cigarette.
???
AnnieLee
fag
In cowboy talk, to get out fast. "AnnieLee fagged outta there like her shirttaill was on far."
on the prod
Full of vinegar and looking for trouble. Said of both people and critters. "Ol' Russ T's shore on the prod today. Best not get in his way."
Unshucked - you lookin fer "unholstered" as in: he unshucked that sidearm mighty quick? Or will just plain "naked", do? Used to describe justa bout anything that's unwrapped, kinda the opposite of how its used in foodstuffs.
Don't know how I missed this thread before, but have had a blast catchin' up!
Griff
Man for breakfast: I'll take a stab at this one - could be something the church ladies would whisper behind their hands, as in "She had a man for breakfast", meaning she's a harlot.
Quote from: Griff on February 17, 2005, 08:02:05 AM
Man for breakfast: I'll take a stab at this one - could be something the church ladies would whisper behind their hands, as in "She had a man for breakfast", meaning she's a harlot.
You're battin' .500, Griff, with your
"unshucked" definition, but need a bit more work on
"man for breakfast".
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on February 17, 2005, 08:25:47 AM
Quote from: Griff on February 17, 2005, 08:02:05 AM
Man for breakfast: I'll take a stab at this one - could be something the church ladies would whisper behind their hands, as in "She had a man for breakfast", meaning she's a harlot.
You're battin' .500, Griff, with your "unshucked" definition, but need a bit more work on "man for breakfast".
Ok
Couldn't wait any longer -- as I ain't really on the prod. ;D ;D
Man for breakfast -- finding a body the morning after a night's shooting spree.
Hey, Russ T. 'bout time you fagged outta that bedroll on the prod, walked 'round that man for breakfast, unshucked yore pencil, and sent in the keerect answer. Guess there's a little life left in ya yet. :D
I don't know how old this one is, but my mom still uses it and said it came from her grandmother:
"Wearing her apron backwards."
Know what it means?
AnnieLee
Annie,
I'll take a shot at "Wearing your apron backwards"
My Grandma used to put her's on backwards when she was expecting company. That way, when the company came, she would turn it around, an have a "Clean" apron.
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on February 17, 2005, 11:40:51 AM
Hey, Russ T. 'bout time you fagged outta that bedroll on the prod, walked 'round that man for breakfast, unshucked yore pencil, and sent in the keerect answer. Guess there's a little life left in ya yet. :D
Just lettin' other folks play the game ::) ;D. I only roll out on the peck iffin' someome snuck a snake in my beadroll ??? ::) ;D
Speakin' of shucks
How about ---- Light a shuck ---- ??? ???
Quote from: Wrangler Rich on February 17, 2005, 12:03:47 PM
Annie,
I'll take a shot at "Wearing your apron backwards"
My Grandma used to put her's on backwards when she was expecting company. That way, when the company came, she would turn it around, an have a "Clean" apron.
While I can understand how that would work since I've seen young boys try to pull the trick of turning their underwear inside out and claiming it was clean, that isn't how my mother used the term. When she said it, she usually included a tsk of derision.
:D
AnnieLee
Don't know much 'bout aperns, but guess ifin I didn't know whether I was comin' or goin'... ???
On tother hand, got a couple a possibles on Light a shuck. I sometimes light a shuck ifin I want ta get from here ta there rite quick. Ifin its dark, I might even light a corn shuck (literally) ta help me see where I'm shuckin' to.
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on February 18, 2005, 03:42:44 PM
Don't know much 'bout aperns, but guess ifin I didn't know whether I was comin' or goin'... ???
On tother hand, got a couple a possibles on Light a shuck. I sometimes light a shuck ifin I want ta get from here ta there rite quick. Ifin its dark, I might even light a corn shuck (literally) ta help me see where I'm shuckin' to.
Capt.
You got it. Corn shucks were put next to fires in cowboy camps to allow them to light up enough area to get out if camp. If you've ever turned away from a campfire, then tried to see into the dark (NO WAY)!\
The shuck didn't burn long; so then the term was used to leave quickly.
Apron on backwards:
When a woman is wearing a skirt and shirt and the shirt tail is untucked and hanging out the back, she has "her apron on backwards," meaning she isn't dressed properly.
AnnieLee
Speakin' of aprons...
Grandma's Apron
I don't think our kids know what an apron IS ...
The principle use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath, but along with that, it served as a holder for removing hot pans from the oven. It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears.
From the chicken-coop the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven.
When company came those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids. And when the weather was cold, grandma wrapped it around her arms. Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove.
Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron. From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had been shelled it carried out the hulls. In the fall the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees.
When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds.
When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner.
It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that "old-time apron" that served so many purposes.
Send this to those who would know, and love the story about Grandma's aprons.
REMEMBER THIS!
"Grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the window sill to cool. Her granddaughter's set theirs on the window sill to thaw
;D ;D ;D ;) 8)
Well.... my son knows about aprons, and I told him Sarah was my cousin, and her sister is Mrs. Smith.
:D
AnnieLee
That was great, Capt. Thanks. I'm gonna send it to my ma.
Slim
Hey Cosie's wear aprons too. Look at ma new picture Slim done put on my Avatar. ;D ;D ;D ;D
Cain't see his eyes! :o ::)He's a hidin' something :oprobably the castor oil bottle............Buck 8) ::) ;)
It a nice calico apron. ;D ;D ;D
Slim
Ok Slim
Before you're forced to move this one to Tall Tales ::) ;D, let see if'n anyone knows: ???
Leaky mouth.
leaky mouth = one who can't stop talking, or who tells tales that are better served not repeated.
Quote from: Griff on February 24, 2005, 11:06:51 PM
leaky mouth = one who can't stop talking, or who tells tales that are better served not repeated.
You got it.
When two such men get together, they "jes' jabber at each other like a couple o' honkers on a new feed ground."
Dang! I knew that one!
Leaky mouth= Delmonico!
< Ducks and runs >
;D ;D ;D
AnnieLee
Quote from: AnnieLee on February 25, 2005, 11:02:31 AM
Dang! I knew that one!
Leaky mouth= Delmonico!
< Ducks and runs >
;D ;D ;D
AnnieLee
AnnieLee
Does that mean when Del and GG get together they "jes' jabber at each other like a couple o' honkers on a new feed ground."
??? ::) :o ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on February 25, 2005, 11:27:05 AM
Quote from: AnnieLee on February 25, 2005, 11:02:31 AM
Dang! I knew that one!
Leaky mouth= Delmonico!
< Ducks and runs >
;D ;D ;D
AnnieLee
AnnieLee
Does that mean when Del and GG get together they "jes' jabber at each other like a couple o' honkers on a new feed ground."
??? ::) :o ;D ;D ;D
Oh, it doesn't have to be Del and GG. It can be Del and me, Del and Slim, Del and a woman waiting at a bus stop... :D
Del skipped going to lunch with us on Sunday because he was too busy talking.
Oops, am I going off topic, again? Quick add some new phrases!
;)
AnnieLee
Ya fergot Del and Buck! ;D Yes, please come up with another word........FAST...........Buck 8) ::) :o ;)
Okie, here's one. It's a quote from a Western:
"They say they're goin' to heel and hide you to a barn door."
What does the "heel" part mean?
AnnieLee
heel = rope, as in headin' & heelin', or in this instance tie you up.
Quote from: Griff on February 25, 2005, 02:17:47 PM
heel = rope, as in headin' & heelin', or in this instance tie you up.
Speakin' of heelin' -
How about - Frog squatter
Yup back on topic or we'll be in tall tales in a heart beat. :o ;D
I would say it was someone slippin' off to the bushes or whereever to get something done, when there wasn't a privy around anywhere.
PS It is a beutiful purple apron with tiny little flowers on it. One of several cause I use a clean one when ever the other one gets dirty.
Frog squatter -- also heel squatter, a cowboy who like to rest back on his heels around the campfire to eat or spin yarns.
Would work for Del's purpose too, if'n ya kept your heels spread slightly. ::) ::) Also 'SPURS NOT ADVISED!!' :o :o ;D ;D
"Picking Flowers" and "Hunting Rabbits." Who, why what and when. ;D
Quote from: Delmonico on February 27, 2005, 08:26:59 PM
"Picking Flowers" and "Hunting Rabbits." Who, why what and when. ;D
"Picking Flowers" The only thing I can think of is when a cowboy fell off his horse, he was said to be picking flowers. ??? ???
Ladies picked flowers, men hunted rabbits.
Quote from: Delmonico on March 02, 2005, 11:50:59 AM
Ladies picked flowers, men hunted rabbits.
"Answering the call of nature", "draining the radiator"(my dad), "using the facilities".
Slim
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on March 02, 2005, 12:07:01 PM
Quote from: Delmonico on March 02, 2005, 11:50:59 AM
Ladies picked flowers, men hunted rabbits.
"Answering the call of nature", "draining the radiator"(my dad), "using the facilities".
Slim
I think Slim's got a weinner ::) there even if it's not what Del was lookin' fer. ::) ;D ;D
Russ T. Slim ain't as dumb as ya been tellin' us. ::) ;D Thats what was often said about it at stage stops. ;D
Del's gotta sit this one out. ;D
gut robber
dough-boxer
Sallie
greasy belly
bean-master
belly-cheater
biscuit shooter
Sallie is a cosie... is this a trick question? Are ALL of them terms for the cook?
AnnieLee
Yep, AnnieLee's on to me. :D
Yay! I got one right!
Wait a second... I got SEVEN right!
so Seven times YAY!!!
:D
AnnieLee
Quote from: Delmonico on March 02, 2005, 07:51:05 PM
Russ T. Slim ain't as dumb as ya been tellin' us. ::) ;D Thats what was often said about it at stage stops. ;D
;D ;D ;D
Slim
Okay
Time to put a new one out: ;D
"Somebody stole his rudder" ::) ::)
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on March 09, 2005, 12:57:31 PM
Okay
Time to put a new one out: ;D
"Somebody stole his rudder" ::) ::)
Goin' round in circles.
Slim
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on March 09, 2005, 12:57:31 PM
Okay
Time to put a new one out: ;D
"Somebody stole his rudder" ::) ::)
Wandering around, lost. Could be mentally as well as physically.
:D
AnnieLee
Quote from: AnnieLee on March 09, 2005, 03:21:03 PM
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on March 09, 2005, 12:57:31 PM
Okay
Time to put a new one out: ;D
"Somebody stole his rudder" ::) ::)
Wandering around, lost. Could be mentally as well as physically.
:D
AnnieLee
Howdy......
And all this time I thaught you liked me :'( ;)
Good shootin......
Vern... 8)
Quote from: AnnieLee on March 09, 2005, 03:21:03 PM
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on March 09, 2005, 12:57:31 PM
Okay
Time to put a new one out: ;D
"Somebody stole his rudder" ::) ::)
Wandering around, lost. Could be mentally as well as physically.
:D
AnnieLee
I think Annie gets this one, as it is both mental, and as physical. ;D ;D
"Somebody stole his rudder" Usually was refer'n to the poor cowpoke that had a wee bit too much of the sauce ::), and couldn't steer a straight course back to his home port. ::) ::) ;D ;D (It might have been Trinity) ??? ::) ;D
I beleive shoot Luke, means shoot without hesitation or let someone else go.. Like in Billiards cards the Bull Elk.
HERE'S ONE for ya's....He found the cure.
He's found the cure means he gave up the booze. Back then they were always searchin' for the "Cure" fer drinkin. Even if it meant attackin' a saloon with an ax. (Cary Nation)
One of the popular "cures" of the time was called the water cure, you were put in basically a straight jacket and imersed up to your neck in ice water. :o :o
Well Del's cure at least doesn't require the application of a red hot wire!!!
How about:
Following the tongue
Headin' North with the herd, on the trackless plain they set the chuckwagon tongue at night by the North Star. ;D
The red hot wire is for other ailments. :o
Quote from: Delmonico on March 10, 2005, 07:52:25 PM
Headin' North with the herd, on the trackless plain they set the chuckwagon tongue at night by the North Star. ;D
The red hot wire is for other ailments. :o
Figured Del would get that one. ;D
Your right Delmonico..........................here a easy one 'SPENDY'
here's another
Squeezin' Lizzie
Quote from: litl rooster on March 12, 2005, 11:08:45 AM
here's another
Squeezin' Lizzie
Grabbin' and holdin' on to the saddle horn.
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on March 12, 2005, 12:24:23 PM
Quote from: litl rooster on March 12, 2005, 11:08:45 AM
here's another
Squeezin' Lizzie
Grabbin' and holdin' on to the saddle horn.
I can't say what I thought it might be. :-[
AnnieLee
Quote from: AnnieLee on March 15, 2005, 03:23:13 PM
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on March 12, 2005, 12:24:23 PM
Quote from: litl rooster on March 12, 2005, 11:08:45 AM
here's another
Squeezin' Lizzie
Grabbin' and holdin' on to the saddle horn.
I can't say what I thought it might be. :-[
AnnieLee
You could've, but I know you'da just had to censor it. ::) ;D
And it was Lizzie, and not lizard, and squezzin', not shakin' ::) ;D :o
Hey Del (or anyone)
Ever heard of:
Huckydummy
Russ T you are correct with Squezzin' Lizzie......... Never heard Hucky Dummy
In non reference to weapons how's about Rim fire and center fire, explain each?
Quote from: litl rooster on March 16, 2005, 04:27:58 AM
Russ T you are correct with Squezzin' Lizzie......... Never heard Hucky Dummy
In non reference to weapons how's about Rim fire and center fire, explain each?
Rim fire --- saddle with a single front chinch, also known as a Spanish rig.
Center fire --- saddle with a single center chinch
Almost sent pictures of a .22 and a .38 spl. Til I noticed the non-firearm part. ::) ::)
Waitin' to hear from Del on Huckydummy. :D
One of many types of rice puddin'.
Quote from: Delmonico on March 16, 2005, 06:44:08 PM
One of many types of rice puddin'.
Figured you'd kow that one. ;D
Sunfishing-Has nothing to do with a hook, worm and line, although the one involved in it might be a wishin' they could go fishin'. ::) :D
Quote from: Delmonico on March 17, 2005, 08:58:48 AM
Sunfishing-Has nothing to do with a hook, worm and line, although the one involved in it might be a wishin' they could go fishin'. ::) :D
Refers to a bronc that likes to roll, stickin' it feet in the air and showin' it's belly to the sun. :o :o If'n the cowpoke is still in the saddle, he'd probably wish he'd gone fishin'! ;D ;D
musta of missed the sunfishing entry, been on too many of them types....Russ T, correct again. They say you can tell what part of the country a cowboy hails from the rigging on his saddle and the crush of his hat. I have both type saddles but, prefer my old single center fired. 100000 miles on it still in good shape if you rule out scratches and dings.
Need ta see if ol' Russ T's still sharp 'nuff an' fast 'nuff ta answer these:
bay coyote
buck tie
hoolihan
Mormon iron
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on April 09, 2005, 03:40:41 PM
Need ta see if ol' Russ T's still sharp 'nuff an' fast 'nuff ta answer these:
bay coyote
buck tie
hoolihan
Morman iron
Hoolihan is a type of overhand rope throw, usually used in the ketch pen to ketch your morning transportation. By the Jigger Boss. Now a days we use it in the pasture and the pens when trying to ketch calves for doctoring without ridin' thru a group and boogerin' the whole dern bunch.
Morman Iron has my curiosity, it's either his hunting weapon or his running iron to change brands with
litl rooster's gonna have old Russ T green with envy ;D, 'cuz his "hoolihan" answer is rite as rain. Milt hinkle , in the September 1963 issue of Frontier Times described it as follows:
"...a backhanded loop, for roping in a corral off the ground. Mostly used for catching horses, for a right handed man, the loop was held beside the left leg on the ground,brought around to the right above your head, and turned loose in such a manner as not to scare the stock."
Gonna need a bit more work on "Mormon iron", howsomever. Usta be a song ana TV series with anuther name fer "Morman iron".
Still lookin' fer meanin' of bay coyote an' buck tie (ya gonna like thisun).
Mormon iron were the pistols used by their "Avenging Angels"; appointed gunmen and killers to deal with gentiles.
In Culiacan Mexico they call the coyotes that live in the offshore reeds "Bay Coyotes".
Buck Ties refers to larger than normal railroad ties that are extra wide and have train signals attached to them.
Thanks fer yore input, Griff. Whut ya say mite also be keerect, but it ain't really whut I had in mind.
Mormon iron was a real common item in tha old west, and was sumthin from a animal.
Bay coyote mite a been a horse of a differnt color? Think 'bout it.
Buck tie wernt no bow tie or 4inhand, but mighta caused a feller to feel all tied up.
That help any?
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on April 11, 2005, 12:11:14 PM
Thanks fer yore input, Griff. Whut ya say mite also be keerect, but it ain't really whut I had in mind.
Morman iron was a real common item in tha old west, and was sumthin from a animal.
Bay coyote mite a been a horse of a differnt color? Think 'bout it.
Buck tie wernt no bow tie or 4inhand, but mighta caused a feller to feel all tied up.
That help any?
Sorry but we had our monthly match yesterday, and I didn't get here until just now.
Bay coyote Dun horse with a Black stripe down his back
Gonna hafta think about the others.
Dang, Russ T, was startin' to worry ya mighta joined them ghost riders in tha sky. Ya get the kewpie fer yur bay dun answer. Spectin' more from ya shortly.
Still waitin' for some other brave soul to take a shot at:
Buck tie
and
Mormon iron
At least Griff wasn't 'fraid to try.
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on April 12, 2005, 06:00:58 PM
Still waitin' for some other brave soul to take a shot at:
Buck tie
and
Mormon iron
At least Griff wasn't 'fraid to try.
I drawn' a blank on those two. The only thing would be if Morman crickets are high in iron. We have another good infestation startin' up out here in Nevada Territory.
Seein' as how it just be the two of us, Russ T, I'll give you the answers - just don't tell no one else.
Mormon iron was another term for rawhide.
Buck tie (Following is from the March 1964 issue of The West, True Stories of the Old West)
"The buck tie was very effective, and, if you doubt it, try it out on a friend. This method of tying a prisoner in the Old West was simple. The wrists would be lashed together, the hands and arms passed over the knees, and then a rifle would be shoved between the elbows and the knees. The person so tied would be sitting down, and the harder he strained against the rifle and rope, the tighter they would get. Few men ever broke loose."
Ever heard of a different term for that "restraint" method?
I haven't heard of another term for it, but I think I've seen it used somewhere. ??? ??? Just placed myself in the assumed position ::), and at my age, it would hurt just to be tied that way! :o :o ;D ;D
Hogtied?.............Buck 8) ::) :-\
Quote from: Four-Eyed Buck on April 13, 2005, 04:09:24 PM
Hogtied?.............Buck 8) ::) :-\
PETA would be after ya Buck, if'n ya tied a hog like that! ::) ::) ;D ;D
Let's try "Goose drownder"?
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D 8) ::) ;)
That there goose drownder anything like a frog strangler?
Now I know what a Frog Strangler is........Buck 8) ::) :o ;)
What does Jasper mean? ???
Slim
Goose drownder is a heavy down pour, so I guess it might strangle a frog.
I think Jasper was a term for a somewhat errant cowpoke.
Jasper: Don't know that errant would be the adjective I'd use, more likely to be eccentric, tho! Smart-a__ed, joker, or other some such attitudinal thang.
I agree with Griff's latter statement on Jasper>>>> Smart-a__ed,joker....Refer to Lonesomedove
Hey Capt.
Could Morman iron refer to rawhide? ??? ??? ???
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on April 16, 2005, 08:19:09 PM
Hey Capt.
Could Morman iron refer to rawhide? ??? ??? ???
Russ T,
Check out Reply #407 on this thread ::).
Hamp
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on April 17, 2005, 03:34:55 AM
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on April 16, 2005, 08:19:09 PM
Hey Capt.
Could Morman iron refer to rawhide? ??? ??? ???
Russ T,
Check out Reply #407 on this thread ::).
Hamp
Sorry, that's what I get for posting in my sleep. ::) ::) :D
Nice to know I'm not the only one around here with that "oldtimer's" affliction. ;D
Cap'n. Cox, truth be known, I'll bet MANY of us share that "disease!" ;)
can't remember _ _ _ _
yep, got it here also
I got one: air-tights.
Slim
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on April 18, 2005, 11:09:56 AM
I got one: air-tights.
Slim
That one's easy, my Great Grandmother always refered to cans as air-tights. :o ;D
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on April 18, 2005, 12:07:41 PM
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on April 18, 2005, 11:09:56 AM
I got one: air-tights.
Slim
That one's easy, my Great Grandmother always refered to cans as air-tights. :o ;D
Good job, Russ T. ;D
Slim
Some of you folks east and north of my home state may not be familiar with these contraptions, but here goes anyway.
pear burner
A blow torch to burn the spines off the prickley-pear cactus so you can feed them to cattle. :o
Saddle Wolf.
Quote from: Delmonico on April 18, 2005, 10:11:52 PM
A blow torch to burn the spines off the prickley-pear cactus so you can feed them to cattle. :o
Saddle Wolf.
Del, you're probably the best read coosie I've run into, and your answer is correct. I have my grandpa's old pear burner (copper tank with patent date of '98 cast in one end - right certain that weren't 1998). Has a tire valve stem for pressurizing the tank with a tire pump, and an old plumbing type gate valve to regulate the flame. Pretty sure it was fueled with kerosene (or "coal oil" as he called it).
Seein' as how you seem to be the resident cookin' authority, just wonderin' if you've ever prepared any "pear" for human consumption. I've made some pretty good jelly from the red fruits that develop every summer, but nothing beyond that. This site http://www.desertusa.com/magdec97/eating/nopales.html has some recipes that look interesting.
Don't have the foggiest notion what your
Saddle Wolf is. Better post it again so it doesn't get lost here.
I ain't never et no cactus but a couple a the fruits a time or two. But would be glad to give it a try.
Guess if you want to understand cowboys and the west ya just got ta study a bit.
Try this for a day or two
Saddle Wolf:
Can't rember exactly where I read the def, but seen it used in old timers accounts.
Cap, I actually had some prickly pears growin' in a planter at a building complex I was livin' at a few years back, OUTDOORS. this is in the Buckeye state. Thought the flowers were really nice, but the 24 hours only was a bummer. Didn't get to gather pears enough to do jelly though............Buck 8) ::) :o ;)
Back when I was a kid, I seem to 'member some of the ol' (gad ain't that term relative now), hands referring to ol-time cowboys that they knew that didn't have regular work, but, cowboyed when, where they could, i.e. traveled from one ranch to another in search of a steady gig, as: Saddle Wolves. Might recollect this wrong, but... Seems there some other things they called 'em also, but ain't fit for public repeatin'! ;D
Here's one: madstone
Slim
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on April 20, 2005, 12:03:10 PM
Here's one: madstone
Slim
You sneaky devil - puttin' the answer in a differnt post. :-X Interesting stuff.
Saddle Wolf: Piles or Hemorhoids, was that what you were thinkin' Grif? common with cowboys and cavalrymen. :o
Nope, Saddle tramps was more like it. Our coosie callled ol time saddle tramps wolves, as they'd eat anything and everything that didn't move, or moved slower than they did. Oh well, Spanish California was a different place. I don't know how long she'd been there, but her husband was probably in his eighties, and the 5th generation to work that same ranch. (this was in the 1960s)
Two more:
canard
Methodist feet
Slim
canard= falsehood or funnily untrue 8)
Quote from: Four-Eyed Buck on April 22, 2005, 09:10:56 AM
canard= falsehood or funnily untrue 8)
You can move to the head of the class, Buck. ;)
Slim
Always thought that was what you said about a Baptist who liked to dance. :D
swallow and get out trough
prairie lawyer
Chase That Rabbit
swallow and get out trough -- Cowboy version of a fast food resturant
prairie lawyer -- A coyote, probably because it seems to like to hear it'self yell
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on April 23, 2005, 10:10:33 AM
swallow and get out trough -- Cowboy version of a fast food resturant
prairie lawyer -- A coyote, probably because it seems to like to hear it'self yell
Two outta three ain't bad, Russ T. ;) Doncha want ta go fer tha gold and tell us what
Chase That Rabbit is? ;D
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on April 23, 2005, 01:35:20 PM
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on April 23, 2005, 10:10:33 AM
swallow and get out trough -- Cowboy version of a fast food resturant
prairie lawyer -- A coyote, probably because it seems to like to hear it'self yell
Two outta three ain't bad, Russ T. ;) Doncha want ta go fer tha gold and tell us what Chase That Rabbit is? ;D
Thinkin' on it, but it is a rather Harey question. ::) ::) Couldn't resiste. ;D ;D
I love this thread, you pards are good..... Try this one I xpect Griff will know right away
"cricket"
Chase that Rabbit - is kinda like "go for the gold" mixed in with "tote that mule", a "rut" kinda thaing. I almost hate to use the word, but... getting a "job"!
Cricket - noise maker to emulate a wounded as a coyote call. Jes a teasin ya with more alternatives.
Quote from: Griff on April 24, 2005, 11:40:40 AM
Chase that Rabbit - is kinda like "go for the gold" mixed in with "tote that mule", a "rut" kinda thaing. I almost hate to use the word, but... getting a "job"!
Cricket - noise maker to emulate a wounded as a coyote call. Jes a teasin ya with more alternatives.
Thanks, Griff.
It is also part of a call for a cowboy dance with the same name:
Girl after boy!
Chase that rabbit, chase that coon,
Chase that baboon 'round the room!
Reverse!
Chase that rabbit, chase that squirrel,
Chase that pretty girl 'round the world!
Promenade!
pecos - as in "to pecos someone"
"a corpse 'an cartridge occasion"
For the second one, a shootout..........Buck 8) ??? ::)
Quote from: Griff on April 24, 2005, 11:40:40 AM
Chase that Rabbit - is kinda like "go for the gold" mixed in with "tote that mule", a "rut" kinda thaing. I almost hate to use the word, but... getting a "job"!
Cricket - noise maker to emulate a wounded as a coyote call. Jes a teasin ya with more alternatives.
No Griff not what I was looking for, I have a feeling you own one though....
PECOS..... I "googled" that, it is a name.....and am going to pass on Cowboy terms and words for 200 Alex
Quote from: Four-Eyed Buck on April 24, 2005, 01:19:21 PM
For the second one, a shootout..........Buck 8) ??? ::)
Shore 'nuff, Buck.
To
"pecos" someone is to shoot//kill that someone and roll or toss his body into a river.
yep, got a couple. Have picture will post, For those not in the know, it's the small roller in the center of the bit.
Quote from: Griff on April 24, 2005, 05:41:25 PM
yep, got a couple. Have picture will post, For those not in the know, it's the small roller in the center of the bit.
Griff
You forgot to tell everyone it was so the horse could entertain itself and the cowboy by making chirping noises with its tongue. ;D ::) ;D
Wuz goin to, then thought I'd let someone else 'av that pleasure.
Been scrollin' thru the post and found that Slim still ain't got anwered on this'un: Beat the devil around the stump - not taking responsibility for your actions.
I woulda guess another phrase for dancin' without a proper partner.
Griff that sure is a fancy bit....I have a passion for learning the vaquero tradition to training...Everyday my horses teach me something. Recently I read about how some of the small SW towns would have horse tied all along the streets,(while the cowboys washed down the dust) and it sounded as if the crickets had invaded town.. The first time I heard a cricket was in a mule.
whittle whanging
mill-rider
"ain't got no feelin' in his trigger finger"
Whew, thought this'un mighta died.
I'm justa guessin' here:
Whittle whanging: idling the time away
Mill-rider: person who shovels feed off the feed wagon in the fields
"ain't got no feelin' in his trigger finger": could be said of John W. Harding, could kill at the drop of a hat, quick to anger, over reacts.
Been learning a bunch and really enjoying this thread.
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on May 16, 2005, 03:22:20 PM
whittle whanging
mill-rider
"ain't got no feelin' in his trigger finger"
mill-rider possibly the fellas who rode from wind mill to wind mill to check and maintain them, to keep water to the livestock....aka "the miller" or "the windmiller"
Is a litl rooster anything like a bantum or banty rooster? ;D Well now, litl rooster can crow a bit, cuz he got the mill rider thing right.
Any takers for whittle whanging and "ain't got no feelin' in his trigger finger"?
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on May 16, 2005, 08:12:44 PM
Is a litl rooster anything like a bantum or banty rooster? ;D Well now, litl rooster can crow a bit, cuz he got the mill rider thing right.
Yep pa always said, I was like a banty in the hen house....
no feeling in his trigger finger -- impotent? or remorseless?
whittle wanging -- BS'ing?
Quote from: Whiptail Moses on May 16, 2005, 08:56:29 PM
no feeling in his trigger finger -- impotent? or remorseless?
whittle wanging -- BS'ing?
Got the first one right, Whiptail, with your
"remorseless" (or no conscience).
Still need someone to come up with the right answer for
whittle whanging.
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on May 17, 2005, 06:30:46 AM
Quote from: Whiptail Moses on May 16, 2005, 08:56:29 PM
no feeling in his trigger finger -- impotent? or remorseless?
whittle wanging -- BS'ing?
Got the first one right, Whiptail, with your "remorseless" (or no conscience).
Still need someone to come up with the right answer for whittle whanging.
Whittle whanging - quarreling or fightinging
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on May 17, 2005, 09:58:16 AM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on May 17, 2005, 06:30:46 AM
Quote from: Whiptail Moses on May 16, 2005, 08:56:29 PM
no feeling in his trigger finger -- impotent? or remorseless?
whittle wanging -- BS'ing?
Got the first one right, Whiptail, with your "remorseless" (or no conscience).
Still need someone to come up with the right answer for whittle whanging.
Whittle whanging - quarreling or fightinging
Shore ain't gonna
whittle whang with ole Russ T 'bout his answer- he's right.
Had a fella in at work last night, a well known rancher here in the state. He stops up and chews the fat when he's in the store. Well he had a question last night, and I searched out the answer and E-Mailed it to him.
Last week they had a 100 and some kids out to his ranch and one 4th grader asked him why they call it a tackroom, well cause thats where they keep the tack. So the question now is why do the call it tack? ;D Anybody got any Ideas? ::) :D
;D ;D Hey, isn't 10 a little on the old side to respond to every answer with "why....". It's like my grandpappy said: "Cause I said so, son"!
Tack is short for tackle - items used in a particular activity.
Not what I came up with in my Dictionary. From middle English about 1300 Ad. Tak, to fasten. Tack as in horse gear and tack as in thumb tacks came from the same roots, most likey tackle as in fishing tackle came frome the same root, cause you want to fasten on to the fish.
Quote from: Delmonico on May 17, 2005, 07:39:10 PM
Not what I came up with in my Dictionary. From middle English about 1300 Ad. Tak, to fasten. Tack as in horse gear and tack as in thumb tacks came from the same roots, most likey tackle as in fishing tackle came frome the same root, cause you want to fasten on to the fish.
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on May 17, 2005, 06:24:17 PM
Tack is short for tackle - items used in a particular activity.
the best one yet
Quote from: Griff on May 17, 2005, 02:48:20 PM
;D ;D Hey, isn't 10 a little on the old side to respond to every answer with "why....". It's like my grandpappy said: "Cause I said so, son"!
I collect old cowboy tack and have so long before I was interested in CAS, I always figureed it was a term brought here by the English like some of our other horse traditions.
Have you all ever notice how many of our words and terms come from other countries such as Mexico, the European countries? Not that cowboys are lazy, but why waste alot of effort in learning new words.. exsample vaquero=buckeroo... Listening to a real ranch cowboy converse is interesting, if you really listen you will understand them. However the sentences and words may be well, to quote Baxter Black, a little "cowy".
What is a "carsmith"? I found it in the 1880 census.
Slim
I believe it is someone who repairs or builds RR cars. Today the RR calls that job a Car Man, but in Jolly Ol' England a Car Man was someone who worked with 2 wheels carts trasporting goods.
Might be someone like that in my ancestors afore they flipped the King the bird and left. ;D
Delmoico aka Glen Carman (often misspelled as a Spanish Ladies name. ;D)
Quote from: Delmonico on May 19, 2005, 12:42:47 PM
I believe it is someone who repairs or builds RR cars. Today the RR calls that job a Car Man, but in Jolly Ol' England a Car Man was someone who worked with 2 wheels carts trasporting goods.
Might be someone like that in my ancestors afore they flipped the King the bird and left. ;D
Delmoico aka Glen Carman (often misspelled as a Spanish Ladies name. ;D)
That's what I figgered it was.
Slim
Quote from: Delmonico on May 19, 2005, 12:42:47 PM
I believe it is someone who repairs or builds RR cars. Today the RR calls that job a Car Man, but in Jolly Ol' England a Car Man was someone who worked with 2 wheels carts trasporting goods.
Might be someone like that in my ancestors afore they flipped the King the bird and left. ;D
Delmoico aka Glen Carman (often misspelled as a Spanish Ladies name. ;D)
Delmonico I believe the fellas that work on RR cars were called "car knockers," My grand dad is dead so I can't back that up.
adding the word Smith would tend make you believe they(carsmiths) built or repaied them.
Quote from: Delmonico on May 19, 2005, 12:42:47 PM
Delmoico aka Glen (often misspelled as a Spanish Ladies name. ;D)
???
On the first day of 2nd grade we had name tags on the assigned desk. Mine said Glenn Carmen, "Teacher you misspelled my name." "Which one?" "Both." ;D ;D I don't think she ever liked me. Course they often misspell my middle one as Du Wayne not Duane. ;D
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on May 23, 2005, 01:26:05 PM
Quote from: litl rooster on May 20, 2005, 09:08:14 PM
Quote from: Delmonico on May 19, 2005, 12:42:47 PM
Delmoico aka Glen (often misspelled as a Spanish Ladies name. ;D)
???
Carmen
Slim
Slim I was tring to have fun with it....You keep mentioning his last name he'll waltz in here in a flowered skirt and basket of fruit on his head....singing Daeoooooooooooooooooo
Quote from: Delmonico on May 19, 2005, 12:42:47 PM
Delmoico aka Glen Carman (often misspelled as a Spanish Ladies name. ;D)
No wonder even you misspell your own alias. ::)
By the way Carmen is also a lady name in Portugal.
Carmen Miranda was Portuguese.
Quote from: litl rooster on May 23, 2005, 08:31:01 PM
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on May 23, 2005, 01:26:05 PM
Quote from: litl rooster on May 20, 2005, 09:08:14 PM
Quote from: Delmonico on May 19, 2005, 12:42:47 PM
Delmoico aka Glen (often misspelled as a Spanish Ladies name. ;D)
???
Carmen
Slim
Slim I was tring to have fun with it....You keep mentioning his last name he'll waltz in here in a flowered skirt and basket of fruit on his head....singing Daeoooooooooooooooooo
:o ;D ;D
Slim
bottomin' the bottle
buffalo juice
bottomin' the bottle - drinking it dry?
Slim
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on May 24, 2005, 03:29:57 PM
bottomin' the bottle - drinking it dry?
Slim
Bottomin' the bottle's got nuthin to do with drinkin', 'cause the bottle in question's already empty. :o
Don't ferget
buffalo juice.
Nailed to the counte- A proven lie
Oh-be-joyful - Liquor
Hot as a whorehouse on nickel night- Dammed hot
Flannel Mouth- Smooth fancy talker or saleperson
Pray tell......Do I win a prize if all my answers or right?....I would be happy if someone would just answer one of my post to let me know if someone was out there!! Ha, ha.
Millinery Judy
Quote from: litl rooster on May 25, 2005, 04:02:47 AM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on May 24, 2005, 02:13:53 PM
bottomin' the bottle
Eye glasses?
Not eyeglasses. Gotta think marksmanship.
Also, still need an answer for
buffalo juice.
Quote from: MillineryJudy on May 25, 2005, 06:04:58 AM
Nailed to the counte- A proven lie
Oh-be-joyful - Liquor
Hot as a whorehouse on nickel night- Dammed hot
Flannel Mouth- Smooth fancy talker or saleperson
Pray tell......Do I win a prize if all my answers or right?....I would be happy if someone would just answer one of my post to let me know if someone was out there!! Ha, ha.
Millinery Judy
Dang, MJ, you went all the way back to the first page of this thread to dredge those up, and they done been answered ;D. Why dontcha give the newest ones a shot?
Hamp
Hitting the bottle with a shot and leaving nothing but the bottom?.....Buck 8) ::) ??? ;)
buffalo juice - rendered buffalo suet?
Slim
Quote from: Four-Eyed Buck on May 25, 2005, 08:35:20 AM
Hitting the bottle with a shot and leaving nothing but the bottom?.....Buck 8) ::) ??? ;)
You're only about 180 degrees out, Buck. Here's how
"bottomin' the bottle" worked. You place an empty uncorked/uncapped whisky bottle on an approximately shoulder high flat surface about 15' (or if you're really good with a handgun or really optimistic, make it 20' ;D) from wlhere you're going to shoot. The bottle is positioned on it's side (remember spin the bottle?) in such a manner that you will be attempting to shoot through the open end of the neck and take out the bottom of the bottle
without shattering the neck and body of the bottle.
To add some contemporary guidance, make sure you are shooting into a safe backstop, and wear eye and hearing protection if you attempt this, and be sure to clean up the broken glass :o.
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on May 25, 2005, 08:59:16 AM
buffalo juice - rendered buffalo suet?
Slim
Fraid not, Slim. It is liquid found in the buffalo's paunch
"cleared by the gall, that is prized for drinking, it is cool and tasteless". Understand that Native Americans and buffalo hunters both utilized this source of liquid refreshment when other water sources were unavailable.
You should all know what two bits, four bits, six bits, etc. are. What is a "short bit"?
A preferred piece of buffalo meat was called "Indian Bread", and was eaten raw by both Native Americans and buffalo hunters, but didn't taste like raw meat. It allegedly tasted much like freshly baked bread. Where on the buffalo carcass was this desirable cut located?
Cap, With my eyes, I don't think I'll be attempting to shoot the bottom out through the neck, unless it's a mayonaise bottle!........Buck 8) ::) :o ;)
Pancreas
Thats right it's a strip of tissue down the back.
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on May 25, 2005, 05:42:15 PM
You should all know what two bits, four bits, six bits, etc. are. What is a "short bit"?
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on May 25, 2005, 05:52:32 PM
A preferred piece of buffalo meat was called "Indian Bread", and was eaten raw by both Native Americans and buffalo hunters, but didn't taste like raw meat. It allegedly tasted much like freshly baked bread. Where on the buffalo carcass was this desirable cut located?
Don't want these to get lost. Still need answers for both.
Hamp
i'll take a gander and say the tongue
Hamp
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on May 25, 2005, 07:42:27 PM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on May 25, 2005, 05:42:15 PM
You should all know what two bits, four bits, six bits, etc. are. What is a "short bit"?
A DIME?
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on May 25, 2005, 05:52:32 PM
A preferred piece of buffalo meat was called "Indian Bread", and was eaten raw by both Native Americans and buffalo hunters, but didn't taste like raw meat. It allegedly tasted much like freshly baked bread. Where on the buffalo carcass was this desirable cut located?
I believe it is the backstraps or Loins, is this also called the "sweetmeat" I also believe in the Lonesome dove Trilogoy, Deadman's walk, there is a reference to it.
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on May 25, 2005, 05:02:07 PM
Quote from: Four-Eyed Buck on May 25, 2005, 08:35:20 AM
Hitting the bottle with a shot and leaving nothing but the bottom?.....Buck 8) ::) ??? ;)
You're only about 180 degrees out, Buck. Here's how "bottomin' the bottle" worked. You place an empty uncorked/uncapped whisky bottle on an approximately shoulder high flat surface about 15' (or if you're really good with a handgun or really optimistic, make it 20' ;D) from wlhere you're going to shoot. The bottle is positioned on it's side (remember spin the bottle?) in such a manner that you will be attempting to shoot through the open end of the neck and take out the bottom of the bottle without shattering the neck and body of the bottle. To add some contemporary guidance, make sure you are shooting into a safe backstop, and wear eye and hearing protection if you attempt this, and be sure to clean up the broken glass :o.
I'm with Buck (eyes) on that one but what the heck I'll try it this weekend
Don't want these to get lost. Still need answers for both.
Hamp
Quote from: Delmonico on May 25, 2005, 07:39:21 PM
Thats right it's a strip of tissue down the back.
You never cease to amaze me, Del ???. Here's what I had:
"The meat was located under the hide and along the backbone from shoulder to the last rib. It was made up of very thin layers of what was called 'dry fat' and very lean meat that wasn't the least bit greasy. The meat was either eaten by itself or used as you would use bread."litl rooster was right on with his answer to "You should all know what two bits, four bits, six bits, etc. are. What is a "short bit"?
A DIME?
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on May 25, 2005, 05:10:19 PM
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on May 25, 2005, 08:59:16 AM
buffalo juice - rendered buffalo suet?
Slim
Fraid not, Slim. It is liquid found in the buffalo's paunch "cleared by the gall, that is prized for drinking, it is cool and tasteless". Understand that Native Americans and buffalo hunters both utilized this source of liquid refreshment when other water sources were unavailable.
Now that ya said it, I remember I reference to it the the Buffalo Hunters book I read about a month back.
Slim
I came upon this term in a book I'm reading. Yes, I can read. ::)
Galvanized Yankees -
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on May 26, 2005, 09:51:33 AM
I came upon this term in a book I'm reading. Yes, I can read. ::)
Galvanized Yankees -
I know, but I ain't tellin' (yet) :P
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on May 26, 2005, 03:02:37 PM
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on May 26, 2005, 09:51:33 AM
I came upon this term in a book I'm reading. Yes, I can read. ::)
Galvanized Yankees -
I know, but I ain't tellin' (yet) :P
Okay. ;)
Slim
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on May 26, 2005, 09:51:33 AM
I came upon this term in a book I'm reading. Yes, I can read. ::)
Galvanized Yankees -
I live in civil war history country but have never heard that term other than Damn Yankee
droop-eyed calves
(and don't forget Slim's Galvanized Yankees)
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on May 30, 2005, 12:58:02 PM
droop-eyed calves
Calves that have had the eyelid muscles cut so they can't see to follow their mom. Done to 'em by rustlers mainly.
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on May 30, 2005, 05:07:46 PM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on May 30, 2005, 12:58:02 PM
droop-eyed calves
Calves that have had the eyelid muscles cut so they can't see to follow their mom. Done to 'em by rustlers mainly.
Good answer, Russ T. We musta gone to different schools together :D.
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on May 30, 2005, 05:07:46 PM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on May 30, 2005, 12:58:02 PM
droop-eyed calves
Calves that have had the eyelid muscles cut so they cant see to follow their mom. Done to em by rustlers mainly.
This is kind a oxy moron statement, I understand now were talking calves and rustlers...Any self respectin' cowpoke knows if ya got the calf, on the end of your twine, the cow will follow. This being easier than leading the cow and have the calf follow.
So what is a lopped eared calf...This is kind of a cracker cowboy term
horse puller
and litl rooster's "So what is a lopped eared calf...This is kind of a cracker cowboy term" is still up for grabs.
Galvanized Yankees
http://www.historic-america.com/galv.html
Slim
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on May 30, 2005, 12:58:02 PM
(and don't forget Slim's Galvanized Yankees)
Okay I'm a damn Yankee and had to cheat and look it up on Google...Members of the 34th Miss. Inf. that were captured at Lookout Mt. Tn.
Hauled off to prison in Il. then recruited to go west and fight the Indians.
Southern Cowboys call the exotic cattle Bramha's especially,Lop eared. Because of there long drooping ears. When you ride thru a heard with a few in the cold wet season, checking health, a inexperianced cowboy might think they are sick.
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on May 31, 2005, 01:09:17 PM
horse puller
This one gotcha buffaloed?
Good info on the "lop eared" line. Gotta remember that one.
Quote from: litl rooster on June 02, 2005, 03:35:39 AM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on June 01, 2005, 07:24:05 PM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on May 31, 2005, 01:09:17 PM
horse puller
This one gotcha buffaloed?
Is this one also known as the 'Jingler"?
Don't know 'bout "Jingler", but the
"Horse Puller" I'm referring to was a cowboy who traveled with livestock on a train. Also called a
"Bull Nurse".
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on June 02, 2005, 06:18:49 AM
Quote from: litl rooster on June 02, 2005, 03:35:39 AM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on June 01, 2005, 07:24:05 PM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on May 31, 2005, 01:09:17 PM
horse puller
This one gotcha buffaloed?
Is this one also known as the 'Jingler"?
Don't know 'bout "Jingler", but the "Horse Puller" I'm referring to was a cowboy who traveled with livestock on a train. Also called a "Bull Nurse".
Nope that's not where I was going.
Quote from: litl rooster on June 03, 2005, 03:25:26 AM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on June 02, 2005, 06:18:49 AM
Quote from: litl rooster on June 02, 2005, 03:35:39 AM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on June 01, 2005, 07:24:05 PM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on May 31, 2005, 01:09:17 PM
horse puller
This one gotcha buffaloed?
Is this one also known as the 'Jingler"?
Don't know 'bout "Jingler", but the "Horse Puller" I'm referring to was a cowboy who traveled with livestock on a train. Also called a "Bull Nurse".
Nope that's not where I was going.
So what's a
jingler?
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on June 03, 2005, 06:39:21 AM
Quote from: litl rooster on June 03, 2005, 03:25:26 AM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on June 02, 2005, 06:18:49 AM
Quote from: litl rooster on June 02, 2005, 03:35:39 AM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on June 01, 2005, 07:24:05 PM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on May 31, 2005, 01:09:17 PM
horse puller
This one gotcha buffaloed?
Is this one also known as the 'Jingler"?
Don't know 'bout "Jingler", but the "Horse Puller" I'm referring to was a cowboy who traveled with livestock on a train. Also called a "Bull Nurse".
Nope that's not where I was going.
So what's a jingler?
A horse wrangler. ::)
Russ T is right, the Jingler kept the Remuda together and pulled them along on the big cattle drives..Called the Jingler caus of the the Jingle bobs on his spurs
What is the origin of the Native American greeting "How"?
What is "Driving the Nail" ?
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on June 11, 2005, 10:48:18 PM
What is "Driving the Nail" ?
It's a term with origins of this part of the country, proven rifle marksmanship, still used among the "smoke pole' shooters..
Still tring to find "HOW"...where is Russ T, he probably already knows ;D
Quote from: litl rooster on June 12, 2005, 07:23:03 PM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on June 11, 2005, 10:48:18 PM
What is "Driving the Nail" ?
It's a term with origins of this part of the country, proven rifle marksmanship, still used among the "smoke pole' shooters..
Still tring to find "HOW"...where is Russ T, he probably already knows ;D
Yep, he's probly out drivin' nails right now.
Quote from: litl rooster on June 12, 2005, 07:23:03 PM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on June 11, 2005, 10:48:18 PM
What is "Driving the Nail" ?
It's a term with origins of this part of the country, proven rifle marksmanship, still used among the "smoke pole' shooters..
Still tring to find "HOW"...where is Russ T, he probably already knows ;D
Here's one explanation I found:
"The Indians got this greeting from the cowboy's use of "Howdy. Up to that time the Indian had no word of greeting but greeted friends with sign language."
You tell me if you think it is valid (I don't, but I think it is kinda funny. I'll share what appears to be the correct answer if we get no other guesses.)
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on June 13, 2005, 05:46:15 AM
Quote from: litl rooster on June 12, 2005, 07:23:03 PM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on June 11, 2005, 10:48:18 PM
What is "Driving the Nail" ?
It's a term with origins of this part of the country, proven rifle marksmanship, still used among the "smoke pole' shooters..
Still tring to find "HOW"...where is Russ T, he probably already knows ;D
Here's one explanation I found:
"The Indians got this greeting from the cowboy's use of "Howdy. Up to that time the Indian had no word of greeting but greeted friends with sign language."
You tell me if you think it is valid (I don't, but I think it is kinda funny. I'll share what appears to be the correct answer if we get no other guesses.)
Capt. I scouted for a couple outing here , and can't find anything to disagree or back it up. I've said before that alot of the "cowboy" words come from our Mexican counterparts/Vaquero friends.
If I was going to just guess, I would have said it origonated in Hollywood.>>>>>lr
Can always count on litl rooster to give it the old college try. Best answer I've been able to come up with is at http://www.native-languages.org/iaq16.htm (http://www.native-languages.org/iaq16.htm). 'Course old Russ T's probly gonna come up with sumthin better ;D.
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on June 16, 2005, 08:24:43 AM
Can always count on litl rooster to give it the old college try. Best answer I've been able to come up with is at http://www.native-languages.org/iaq16.htm (http://www.native-languages.org/iaq16.htm). 'Course old Russ T's probly gonna come up with sumthin better ;D.
That explination sounds good to me! :D
Interesting. :)
Slim
Berdache
Wintinke (sp) in Lakota, I think the Capts word is Cheynne. There is some dispute as to if they are Hermamorphadite's or just men who did not want to be warriors and did womens work. There is little evidence that they were true Homosexuals.
Wasn't one of tribe members in the movie Little Big Man a Berdache?
http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/b/b0197000.html
Two Whoops and a Holler
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on June 18, 2005, 12:36:20 PM
Two Whoops and a Holler
Just a little piece away. (Short distance)
Pullin my donkey's tail
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on June 20, 2005, 11:18:56 AM
Pullin my donkey's tail
Is that like "pulling my leg"?
Slim
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on June 20, 2005, 01:46:40 PM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on June 20, 2005, 11:18:56 AM
Pullin my donkey's tail
Is that like "pulling my leg"?
Slim
Yep, it is, but don't 'spect me ta be pullin' yore donkey's tail 'bout nuthin. ::)
Cap, I've heard two whoops and a holler used differently. As in " I wouldn't give ya two whoops and a holler fer that one".........Buck 8) ::) :-\ :)
Quote from: Four-Eyed Buck on June 20, 2005, 04:20:55 PM
Cap, I've heard two whoops and a holler used differently. As in " I wouldn't give ya two whoops and a holler fer that one".........Buck 8) ::) :-\ :)
Reckon we got us a dual purpose sayin' here. Need more of those, 'cause for those of us what have trouble 'memberin', the fewer we have to 'member, the better off we are ;D.
;D ;D ;D ;D ;) 8)
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on June 20, 2005, 05:13:24 PM
Quote from: Four-Eyed Buck on June 20, 2005, 04:20:55 PM
Cap, I've heard two whoops and a holler used differently. As in " I wouldn't give ya two whoops and a holler fer that one".........Buck 8) ::) :-\ :)
Reckon we got us a dual purpose sayin' here. Need more of those, 'cause for those of us what have trouble 'memberin', the fewer we have to 'member, the better off we are ;D.
I agree ;D
What were we talkin' 'bout? ??? ::) ;D
Slim
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on June 21, 2005, 12:25:50 PM
What were we talkin' 'bout? ??? ::) ;D
Slim
Slim, you cute little feller, this here matter we been discussin' is fer growedup folks what kin 'cifer the ramblins of sum ol' pokes that been out in the sun fer too long. Now, whutcher question agin? Caint seem ta 'member. ??? ;D Musta not been relephant.
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on June 21, 2005, 01:06:15 PM
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on June 21, 2005, 12:25:50 PM
What were we talkin' 'bout? ??? ::) ;D
Slim
Slim, you cute little feller, this here matter we been discussin' is fer growedup folks what kin 'cifer the ramblins of sum ol' pokes that been out in the sun fer too long. Now, whutcher question agin? Caint seem ta 'member. ??? ;D Musta not been relephant.
;D ;D ;D
Slim
all right pards, try this one then when you do I'll tell you the rest of the story.
YY
this would have been a writin message, warning maybe rote with a runnin iron
Am waiting with bated breath (just hope it ain't catfish bate) ::).
Cap, sodium earth-o-bait???..........Buck 8) ::) :o ;)
I'm too old to have to deal with this kind of suspense. He better not just be making something up. Besides, I'm outta bait.
It's too wise......2Y's....As all of you know(if you don't you should) On the cattle trail, there is fella employeed to prepare the next camp and the Meals, the beloved (or not so beloved) Cook or Coosie. These fellas are not known for being real pleasureable...Not likely, They're up at 4a.m. and go to bed past dark daily. Howeveron the range, there is a rule if you pass thru a cow camp, and it's unattended you can help yourself to leftover food. So as long as you clean up your dishes and mess.
Their was 2 cowboys who passed a cow camp one time and found the wagon unattended, so helped themselves. After cleaning up thir mess they found the coosie extra trousers,. They decided to play a joke on the cook. The first one branded the letters WE8 the 2nd one branded ME2...This ticked the cook off and he caught up with them,one at a time. He tied them up and to a tree, and proceed the payback, while they were still wearing their trousers. The first one he Branded the YY when he caught the second one he branded his own brand .... 3YY. This is according to "Hot Irons; Heraldy of the Range" 1940 as told by S. Omar Barker.
Litl Rooster, I got the YY but don't get the 3YY in the story although I had to lol. Been off-line for a while {dad-blamed computers anyway!} >:(
But I got a couple I don't know the answer for. Along the lines of two saying with one meaning. As a kid I never understood {therefore I still don't!} the difference between:
Bric-a-Brac &
Nic nacks
Quote from: Griff on June 26, 2005, 04:23:16 PM
Bric-a-Brac &
Nic nacks
To quote George Carlin, they come as a set and you can't have one without the other.
I am not sure either other than he put his own brand on the 2nd man. It is supposely a true story.
Your imput has been missed Griff, I get computer problems and usually call in help. Most times it's something stupid that I caused.
I don't know if this term is Old West, but it is a synonym of an Old West term.
Fop
Slim
Most of this word I've seen used in context referring to a dandy or flashy dresser with not much going in the head......Buck 8) ???
Quote from: Four-Eyed Buck on June 28, 2005, 11:35:24 AM
Most of this word I've seen used in context referring to a dandy or flashy dresser with not much going in the head......Buck 8) ???
Bingo! Good job, Buck. It's another word for a Dandy.
Slim
Ok, talked to a couple of other ol-timers and determined the following:
Bric-a-Brac: That ginger-bready stuff around the perimeter of the house trim, i.e. Victorian homes. Can also be inside around cabinets etc.
nicnacks: Stuff generally stored on shelves, cabinets, etc, in various rooms of the house; i.e. collectibles, or as my Mom said: "Any that requires dusting!" :(
So, could bric-a brac be the stuff that Grandma was referring to when she pointed to her nicnack shelves? ;D ;D ;)
bric-a-brac
A noun
1 bric-a-brac, knickknack, nicknack, knickknackery, whatnot
miscellaneous curios
What about nicknack paddywack give the dog a bone? ;D
Just make sure it's a beef bone, the others splinter........Buck 8) ::) ;)
Protection Man
Another "Protection Man" http://www.carolyar.com/Biographies/ProtectionMan.htm .
In the back Killer Angels, Chamberlin's Sgt. uses the term "save the baby". Anyone know what that refers to?
Slim
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on July 15, 2005, 01:29:41 PM
In the back Killer Angels, Chamberlin's Sgt. uses the term "save the baby". Anyone know what that refers to?
Slim
In what context was it used?
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on July 15, 2005, 01:59:18 PM
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on July 15, 2005, 01:29:41 PM
In the back Killer Angels, Chamberlin's Sgt. uses the term "save the baby". Anyone know what that refers to?
Slim
In what context was it used?
Sorry, typo. :-[ I corrected it. He said it after he had been shot in the armpit. I think it might be something he wanted to ingest. Liquor, etc. BTW, the Sgt. was Irish.
Slim
cut the pain
tomfuller
sun balling
cut the pain - to take a pain reliever such as whiskey, morphine, etc.
Slim
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on July 25, 2005, 10:23:26 AM
cut the pain - to take a pain reliever such as whiskey, morphine, etc.
Slim
Real close, Slim. If an early settler or cowboy didn't have/couldn't get medicine (home remedy or the real thing) to relieve his pain, he would get the axe from the woodpile and put it under his bed. He might also use a knife or anything that had a sharp edge that would "cut" the pain. Probably nothing more than a simple form of self hypnosis that might actually work if you really believe strongly enough that it will.
Now then, how about:
tomfuller
sun balling
tomfuller = ash cakes
snow balling ;D: Well, it might be cheatin' but under Google, I came up with a condition where the sun warms up snow under the surface and allows the wind or gravity to blow the upper layer into snow balls or the beginnings of an avalanche.
Well now, Griff, seein' as how its just you an me here, I'll tell you what I have on those.
Tomfuller, possibly from the Choctaw "Ta-FU-la", was something like hominy with bits of meat thrown in. Was served in most eating places, and on cattle drives. Was supposedly cheap, filling, and tasted good.
The other word is actually "sun balling", a term for a ranch hand who was neglecting his work and not carrying his share of the load. It was based on the fact that a lazy man would be seeking the shade at every opportunity and it was suspected that he never worked up a sweat. You were telling him he was afraid of the sun, a minor thing when there were lots more dangers a man could face every day working on a ranch.
Thanks for playing trhe game.
I've seen several recipes for "ash cakes" and do include all kinds of things. My grandma used hominy and meat in hers, (when she could get hominy out in CA).
And I love playing the game, I've learned at lot in reading through all these.
Ciboleros
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on August 01, 2005, 03:38:47 PM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on August 01, 2005, 03:02:00 PM
Ciboleros
persons that hunt buffalo from horseback
Slim
Git ridda that scattergun and gitcha a Sharps. ;D Gotta be more accurate than that. They hunted buffs horseback, allright, but were a unique group, and had a unique method of bringin 'em down .
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on August 01, 2005, 04:09:20 PM
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on August 01, 2005, 03:38:47 PM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on August 01, 2005, 03:02:00 PM
Ciboleros
persons that hunt buffalo from horseback
Slim
Git ridda that scattergun and gitcha a Sharps. ;D Gotta be more accurate than that. They hunted buffs horseback, allright, but were a unique group, and had a unique method of bringin 'em down .
with spears. ;D
Slim
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on August 01, 2005, 04:14:51 PM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on August 01, 2005, 04:09:20 PM
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on August 01, 2005, 03:38:47 PM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on August 01, 2005, 03:02:00 PM
Ciboleros
persons that hunt buffalo from horseback
Slim
Git ridda that scattergun and gitcha a Sharps. ;D Gotta be more accurate than that. They hunted buffs horseback, allright, but were a unique group, and had a unique method of bringin 'em down .
with spears. ;D
Slim
Slim! Take the hint! They were Mexicans hunting Buff on horseback with Sharps rifles ( not sharp sticks ???)
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on August 01, 2005, 04:20:46 PM
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on August 01, 2005, 04:14:51 PM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on August 01, 2005, 04:09:20 PM
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on August 01, 2005, 03:38:47 PM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on August 01, 2005, 03:02:00 PM
Ciboleros
persons that hunt buffalo from horseback
Slim
Git ridda that scattergun and gitcha a Sharps. ;D Gotta be more accurate than that. They hunted buffs horseback, allright, but were a unique group, and had a unique method of bringin 'em down .
with spears. ;D
Slim
Slim! Take the hint! They were Mexicans hunting Buff on horseback with Sharps rifles ( not sharp sticks ???)
QuoteIn order to provide meat for the families of their villages, the Ciboleros made hunting trips through the valleys and mountains of Eastern New Mexico, following the buffalo over to the Llano Estacado of Western Texas. These hunts usually occurred during October, after the crops had been harvested, and the weather was still mild. Also, the buffalo hides were in prime condition that time of the year.Capturing the buffalo was accomplished at times by trapping them in long, deep trenches where they would use their spear to kill them. Other times they would ride their ponies along side of the buffalo, spearing them "on the run."
http://www.over-land.com/st_cibolero.html
;D ;)
Slim
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on August 01, 2005, 04:20:46 PM
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on August 01, 2005, 04:14:51 PM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on August 01, 2005, 04:09:20 PM
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on August 01, 2005, 03:38:47 PM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on August 01, 2005, 03:02:00 PM
Ciboleros
persons that hunt buffalo from horseback
Slim
Git ridda that scattergun and gitcha a Sharps. ;D Gotta be more accurate than that. They hunted buffs horseback, allright, but were a unique group, and had a unique method of bringin 'em down .
with spears. ;D
Slim
Slim! Take the hint! They were Mexicans hunting Buff on horseback with Sharps rifles ( not sharp sticks ???)
Guess you realize you're both in detention hall for a week, and you also have to run laps. :D
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on August 01, 2005, 04:39:58 PM
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on August 01, 2005, 04:20:46 PM
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on August 01, 2005, 04:14:51 PM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on August 01, 2005, 04:09:20 PM
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on August 01, 2005, 03:38:47 PM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on August 01, 2005, 03:02:00 PM
Ciboleros
persons that hunt buffalo from horseback
Slim
Git ridda that scattergun and gitcha a Sharps. ;D Gotta be more accurate than that. They hunted buffs horseback, allright, but were a unique group, and had a unique method of bringin 'em down .
with spears. ;D
Slim
Slim! Take the hint! They were Mexicans hunting Buff on horseback with Sharps rifles ( not sharp sticks ???)
Guess you realize you're both in detention hall for a week, and you also have to run laps. :D
Capt.
If'n I gotta run laps, it might be a week before I get to the detention hall!! (http://webpages.charter.net/connectingzone/happy/7.gif)
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on August 01, 2005, 06:37:06 PM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on August 01, 2005, 04:39:58 PM
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on August 01, 2005, 04:20:46 PM
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Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on August 01, 2005, 04:09:20 PM
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on August 01, 2005, 03:38:47 PM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on August 01, 2005, 03:02:00 PM
Ciboleros
persons that hunt buffalo from horseback
Slim
Git ridda that scattergun and gitcha a Sharps. ;D Gotta be more accurate than that. They hunted buffs horseback, allright, but were a unique group, and had a unique method of bringin 'em down .
with spears. ;D
Slim
Slim! Take the hint! They were Mexicans hunting Buff on horseback with Sharps rifles ( not sharp sticks ???)
Guess you realize you're both in detention hall for a week, and you also have to run laps. :D
Capt.
If'n I gotta run laps, it might be a week before I get to the detention hall!! (http://webpages.charter.net/connectingzone/happy/7.gif)
If you can't run laps, you'll just have to sit still and let some good lookin' gal sit on your lap. That'll show ya. >:(
(http://webpages.charter.net/connectingzone/disagree/2.gif) ;D
Slim
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on August 01, 2005, 07:27:18 PM
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on August 01, 2005, 06:37:06 PM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on August 01, 2005, 04:39:58 PM
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Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on August 01, 2005, 04:09:20 PM
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on August 01, 2005, 03:38:47 PM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on August 01, 2005, 03:02:00 PM
Ciboleros
persons that hunt buffalo from horseback
Slim
Git ridda that scattergun and gitcha a Sharps. ;D Gotta be more accurate than that. They hunted buffs horseback, allright, but were a unique group, and had a unique method of bringin 'em down .
with spears. ;D
Slim
Slim! Take the hint! They were Mexicans hunting Buff on horseback with Sharps rifles ( not sharp sticks ???)
Guess you realize you're both in detention hall for a week, and you also have to run laps. :D
Capt.
If'n I gotta run laps, it might be a week before I get to the detention hall!! (http://webpages.charter.net/connectingzone/happy/7.gif)
If you can't run laps, you'll just have to sit still and let some good lookin' gal sit on your lap. That'll show ya. >:(
(http://webpages.charter.net/connectingzone/agree/3.gif) Just remember I'm a (http://webpages.charter.net/connectingzone/agree/28.gif)
;D Uh oh, we're off to Tall Tales for sure now! :o
Jest caint git no respek 'round here no more. :'(
Ok
Back on topic, before banishment sets in:
got a halo gratis
Oklahoma rain
anti-godlin
Oklahoma rain - dust or sand storm
anti-godlin - outta whack
Hate ta even think 'bout where ya pulled that other one out of ;D.
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on August 03, 2005, 11:35:15 AM
Oklahoma rain - dust or sand storm
anti-godlin - outta whack
Hate ta even think 'bout where ya pulled that other one out of ;D.
Capt got two outta' three right! :D
Would I try somethin' sneakeee? :o ;D ::)
It really is a phrase I ran across.
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on August 03, 2005, 10:52:38 AM
Ok
Back on topic, before banishment sets in:
got a halo gratis
Dern it, I thought that said something like "got halotosis" and was gonna guess bad breath!!
<There's good reasons why I don't play this game.... >
:D
AnnieLee
Sounds like a reference to someone who got killed without even trying.
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on August 03, 2005, 12:10:55 PM
Sounds like a reference to someone who got killed without even trying.
That about covers it, Capt. ;D
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on August 03, 2005, 01:24:12 PM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on August 03, 2005, 12:10:55 PM
Sounds like a reference to someone who got killed without even trying.
That about covers it, Capt. ;D
That was a new one for me. I think I like it.
Horseback Billiards
Sink Tallow Whiskey
Gaboon
Horseback Billiards = Polo?
Quote from: Griff on August 03, 2005, 09:56:14 PM
Horseback Billiards = Polo?
Not polo. You're trying to make this too hard.
Gaboon = Sand or sawdust filled box in a saloon for ya'll ta spit in. Kind' like a litter box for chew'n cowboys. ;) ;D
Bullseye!!! ;)
Saloon owners liked 'em 'cause they were much cheaper than brass spittoons or cuspidors, and the hep liked 'em 'cause they could be throwed away when full, 'stead of havin' ta empty an' clean the rascals. :P
Movin' these two up, since they are from a previous page, and still unanswered:
Horseback Billiards
Sink Tallow Whiskey
The next one is all new.
cowboy change
Cowboy change= Something we all fear????? ::) :oSeriously, these are above me at the moment, I'm just along for the ride......Buck 8) :o ::)
Cowboy change: Could that be pocket lint, an indicator of how poor cowboys were?
???
AnnieLee
Quote from: AnnieLee on August 04, 2005, 02:18:25 PM
Cowboy change: Could that be pocket lint, an indicator of how poor cowboys were?
???
AnnieLee
Hadn't thought of that, but should have expected some lint pickin' from the fairer side of the aisle :D. What we're lookin' for is something a bit more substntial than lint, and something with some monetary value that most every cowboy carried on his person and used occasionally.
Cowboy change = using cartridges as change for smaller dominations of coins. Much under a 50-cent piece wasn't readily available. Not sure what the rate of exchange was, but I would say it took about six .38's to make up a good .45!
Horseback Billiards = Would have said polo or Argentine croquet, but could it have anything to do with which pocket your livelihood ended up in while riding on a particularly rough horse? ::) ::) :o :o ::) ::)
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on August 04, 2005, 02:39:13 PM
Cowboy change = using cartridges as change for smaller dominations of coins. Much under a 50-cent piece wasn't readily available. Not sure what the rate of exchange was, but I would say it took about six .38's to make up a good .45!
Horseback Billiards = Would have said polo or Argentine croquet, but could it have anything to do with which pocket your livelihood ended up in while riding on a particularly rough horse? ::) ::) :o :o ::) ::)
You got the Cowboy change right , Russ T. Don't know what value was placed on each, but I think most of the cowboys carried them in a back pocket, and that's where the term "Get the lead outta yore (rear end)" originated ;).
Gonna go ahead and give ya'll
Horsebck Billiards. It was actually played on horseback in a saloon that had a billiard table, like most other such activities, for money. Each shot had to be made from the saddle, and the table was at normal height, so it had to be pretty hard to line up a shot, and each player had to be pretty limber. I also imagine a steady horse would be an asset. Building had to have a pretty substantial floor, also. I seem to vaguely member a western movie in which something similar transpired, and possibly a Remington or Russell painting, but not for sure.
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on August 04, 2005, 02:28:27 PM
Quote from: AnnieLee on August 04, 2005, 02:18:25 PM
Cowboy change: Could that be pocket lint, an indicator of how poor cowboys were?
???
AnnieLee
Hadn't thought of that, but should have expected some lint pickin' from the fairer side of the aisle :D. What we're lookin' for is something a bit more substntial than lint, and something with some monetary value that most every cowboy carried on his person and used occasionally.
Ammunition?
<Takikng one more stab at it>
AnnieLee
Quote from: AnnieLee on August 04, 2005, 03:11:01 PM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on August 04, 2005, 02:28:27 PM
Quote from: AnnieLee on August 04, 2005, 02:18:25 PM
Cowboy change: Could that be pocket lint, an indicator of how poor cowboys were?
???
AnnieLee
Hadn't thought of that, but should have expected some lint pickin' from the fairer side of the aisle :D. What we're lookin' for is something a bit more substntial than lint, and something with some monetary value that most every cowboy carried on his person and used occasionally.
Ammunition?
<Takikng one more stab at it>
AnnieLee
Sure, enough, Annie, but Russ T beat you to it. :'(
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on August 04, 2005, 03:35:34 PM
Quote from: AnnieLee on August 04, 2005, 03:11:01 PM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on August 04, 2005, 02:28:27 PM
Quote from: AnnieLee on August 04, 2005, 02:18:25 PM
Cowboy change: Could that be pocket lint, an indicator of how poor cowboys were?
???
AnnieLee
Hadn't thought of that, but should have expected some lint pickin' from the fairer side of the aisle :D. What we're lookin' for is something a bit more substntial than lint, and something with some monetary value that most every cowboy carried on his person and used occasionally.
Ammunition?
<Takikng one more stab at it>
AnnieLee
Sure, enough, Annie, but Russ T beat you to it. :'(
Dagnabbit, those replies weren't there when I posted!
< Sniffles >
:'(
Finally got another one right and got beat by a four year old!
;)
AnnieLee
Horseback Billiards dagnabit :-[; shoulda guessed that one. LOLAL!!! ;D ;D The one thing I always wanted to do was to ride my CMSA horse inta the saloon where my son was bartending; but the owner of said establishment tole me that no matter that I was a deputy, he drawed the line at wearing spurs and horseback riding in his establishment!
Who would've thought that it was actually Literal! Ain't the English language wonderful?............Buck 8) ::) :o ;)
Everybody skeerd a Sink Tallow Whiskey? ???
Doesn't sound very appetizing there, Cap............Buck 8) ::) :-\
Sink Tallow Whiskey - the good stuff. Reputable saloons didn't water down their whiskey, and kept some tallow available to prove it. Drop a small ball of tallow in watered down whiskey, and it'll float. Dropped in "good stuff", it'll sink.
If a hog farm was where they raised hogs, what was a hog ranch?
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on August 07, 2005, 09:28:45 AM
If a hog farm was where they raised hogs, what was a hog ranch?
'Twas a drinkin' establishment located near a military post, after the sale of booze was banned on post.
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on August 07, 2005, 01:50:19 PM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on August 07, 2005, 09:28:45 AM
If a hog farm was where they raised hogs, what was a hog ranch?
'Twas a drinkin' establishment located near a military post, after the sale of booze was banned on post.
Correct, and most likely had a couple of dance partners of the more feminine persuasion ready an' willin' to stir up the sawdust with them soldier boys.
blue stocking - has nothing to do with horses
Aw, dangit, I've read this one someplace!
Did it have anything to do with rich people, "blue bloods"?
???
AnnieLee
Quote from: AnnieLee on August 07, 2005, 09:51:55 PM
Aw, dangit, I've read this one someplace!
Did it have anything to do with rich people, "blue bloods"?
???
AnnieLee
In a sense, because it refers specifically to "educated" women, and I'm sure that the vast majoriity at that time were from "good" families. See below.
"The bluest blue stockings," Editor's Drawer, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 4 (May 1852), pp. 850-851
P. 850: The learned "science-women" of the day, the "deep, deep-blue stockings" of the time, are fairly hit off in the ensuing satirical sonnet:
I idolize the Ladies! They are fairies,
That spiritualize this world of ours;
From heavenly hot-beds most delightful flowers,
Or choice cream-cheeses from celestial dairies,
But learning, in its barbarous seminaries,
Gives the dear creatures many wretched hours,
And on their gossamer intellect sternly showers
SCIENCE, with all its horrid accessaries.
Now, seriously, the only things, I think,
In which young ladies should instructed be,
Are--stocking-mending, love, and cookery!--
Accomplishments that very soon will sink,
Since Fluxions now, and Sanscrit conversation,
Always form part of female education!
Something good in the way of inculcation may be educed from this rather biting sonnet. If woman so far forgets her "mission," as it is common to term it nowadays, as to choose those accomplishments whose only recommendation is that they are "the vogue," in preference to acquisitions which will fit her to be a better wife and mother, she becomes a fair subject for the shafts of the satirical censor."
HEAR! HEAR!
Quote from: Griff on August 08, 2005, 07:26:28 AM
HEAR! HEAR!
I'd be keerful, Griff, ya might just get thwhacked with Annie's hat if ya keep that up. ;D
Naw, no hat there, either, but my reply would be lengthy and drag in the likes of Benjamin Franklin and his wife, worthy, perhaps of its own thread, but...
I'll just say that in many ways women of the frontier HAD to be as capable as the men in many areas in addition to those related to being a wife and mother. If she was not, she would probably perish.
AnnieLee
;D Can't disagree Annie, but foregoing one for the other isn't good either. Heck, my Momma made sure I knew how to sew, cook & clean also. ::) Ain't so sure she figured I'd never find a gal who'd do such fer me!! ;D
Same here, Griff. I'm no stranger to domestic stuff myself......Buck 8) ::) ;)
Here's a couple fer y'all.
Bazoo
Celestial
Bazoo Ain't that some fancy musical instrument???? ;D ;D ;D
Celestial That'll be a heavenly body, er.... :-\ maybe an old west term for a person of oriental origins, generally chinese.
Quote from: Griff on August 11, 2005, 11:46:24 PM
Bazoo Ain't that some fancy musical instrument???? ;D ;D ;D
Celestial That'll be a heavenly body, er.... :-\ maybe an old west term for a person of oriental origins, generally chinese.
Ya got 1 of 2, Griff.
A Bassoon is a fancy musical instrument, not a Bazoo. :D
Celestial is a person of Chinese descent. It derives from an old name for China, the "Celestial Empire."
Slim
Slim, ya fergot a Greek instrument, the Bazuki, sorta like a soprano guitar! Otherwise, don't have a clue to yer reference....Buck 8) ::) ;) ;D
Slim
Would a Bazoo be a portion of a cowboy's anatomy that makes more contact with a horse's saddle than any other part? ??? ::)
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on August 12, 2005, 02:44:24 PM
Slim
Would a Bazoo be a portion of a cowboy's anatomy that makes more contact with a horse's saddle than any other part? ??? ::)
Ain't that called a "
bass"? ;D
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on August 12, 2005, 02:46:29 PM
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on August 12, 2005, 02:44:24 PM
Slim
Would a Bazoo be a portion of a cowboy's anatomy that makes more contact with a horse's saddle than any other part? ??? ::)
Ain't that called a "bass"? ;D
Only if'n it's nak'ed! :o
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on August 12, 2005, 02:44:24 PM
Slim
Would a Bazoo be a portion of a cowboy's anatomy that makes more contact with a horse's saddle than any other part? ??? ::)
Only if he's ridin' on his nawgun. ::) Here's one usage of the word: "Shut your big bazoo."
Slim
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on August 12, 2005, 03:05:08 PM
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on August 12, 2005, 02:44:24 PM
Slim
Would a Bazoo be a portion of a cowboy's anatomy that makes more contact with a horse's saddle than any other part? ??? ::)
Only if he's ridin' on his nawgun. ::) Here's one usage of the word: "Shut your big bazoo."
Slim
Was that directed at Russ T, or me ??? ;D
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on August 12, 2005, 03:43:41 PM
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on August 12, 2005, 03:05:08 PM
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on August 12, 2005, 02:44:24 PM
Slim
Would a Bazoo be a portion of a cowboy's anatomy that makes more contact with a horse's saddle than any other part? ??? ::)
Only if he's ridin' on his nawgun. ::) Here's one usage of the word: "Shut your big bazoo."
Slim
Was that directed at Russ T, or me ??? ;D
:-X ;)
Slim
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on August 12, 2005, 02:07:32 PM
Quote from: Griff on August 11, 2005, 11:46:24 PM
Bazoo Ain't that some fancy musical instrument???? ;D ;D ;D
Celestial That'll be a heavenly body, er.... :-\ maybe an old west term for a person of oriental origins, generally chinese.
Ya got 1 of 2, Griff.
A Bassoon is a fancy musical instrument, not a Bazoo. :D
Celestial is a person of Chinese descent. It derives from an old name for China, the "Celestial Empire."
Slim
I'll take 1 fer 1, that first'un was jes funnin' ;D ;D ;D I didna 'ave a clue mate! ;D
Is Bazoo a Norse term for Bezeer? ::) ??? I vaguely remember Ike Clanton slapping the owner/bartender of the Oriental and sayin' somethin' to the effect of: "See, all it takes is a good smack in the bezeer to get some respect around here"? ::)
Bazoo - Time for bed for this one. Slim gave us too easy a clue: can we say mouth! :D
Quote from: Griff on August 14, 2005, 11:54:20 PM
Bazoo - Time for bed for this one. Slim gave us too easy a clue: can we say mouth! :D
2 for 2, Griff. ;D
Slim
How 'bout this these?
fire pony
hep
Slim
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on August 18, 2005, 09:32:42 AM
How 'bout this these?
fire pony
hep
Slim
Hep
Would that be like "Hep me! Hep me! I'z stuck in quicksand" ??? ::) ::) ;D
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on August 18, 2005, 11:46:59 AM
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on August 18, 2005, 09:32:42 AM
How 'bout this these?
fire pony
hep
Slim
Hep
Would that be like "Hep me! Hep me! I'z stuck in quicksand" ??? ::) ::) ;D
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuh. Nope!
Slim
Fire pony= fast horse?............Buck 8) ::) :-\
Quote from: Four-Eyed Buck on August 18, 2005, 12:56:51 PM
Fire pony= fast horse?............Buck 8) ::) :-\
Nope, try again.
Both of these terms I got from an article written by a famous buff runner.
Slim
Fire pony = pony you'd actually fire from
hep = Hop, as in Hep on up here.
We've had some good guesses here. I'll put them out of our misery.
QuoteI was just returning to camp when I thought I saw some low moving objects topping a hill rise beyond the horses. I had Mac's rifle along with a good 'scope, 10-power. I crawled to another hilltop, took a look through the 'scope. I made out two objects. The first was half a dozen bucks, crawling like snakes to a vantage point that would command our camp. The other was three bucks busily engaged in lashing a big quantity of grass and dry brush on the back of a miserable pony, just the other side of the hill, out of sight of our camp. At the time I didn't understand the pony business; but I knew that the crawling bucks were up to no good. I crawled down the hill, hotfooted it to camp, told McRae what I'd seen.
He was hep to the whole game.
"That's a fire pony," he explained. "They're going to set fire to the pony's load (grass), when it's dark enough, and drive it into our horse herd and stampede the whole bunch; then they'll pick off what they can of us."
From
The Buffalo Harvest by Frank H. Mayer with Charles B. Roth
hep - a variant of hip. Keenly aware of or knowledgeable about the latest trends or developments.
Slim
Also short for this:
(http://www.google.com/images?q=tbn:A309cMxgpjIJ:images.gunsamerica.com/upload/976455411-1.jpg)
A Remington Hepburn.
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on August 19, 2005, 10:44:04 AM
Also short for this:
(http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:WYjkW9thHLMJ:www.nationalcowboymuseum)
A Remington Hepburn.
;D ;D ;D ;D
Slim
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on August 19, 2005, 10:45:20 AM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on August 19, 2005, 10:44:04 AM
Also short for this:
(http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:WYjkW9thHLMJ:www.nationalcowboymuseum)
A Remington Hepburn.
;D ;D ;D ;D
Slim
Whatchew grinnin' 'bout?
I ain't been postin' no "X" rated pitchures. :o
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on August 19, 2005, 10:48:30 AM
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on August 19, 2005, 10:45:20 AM
Quote from: Capt. Hamp Cox on August 19, 2005, 10:44:04 AM
Also short for this:
(http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:WYjkW9thHLMJ:www.nationalcowboymuseum)
A Remington Hepburn.
;D ;D ;D ;D
Slim
Whatchew grinnin' 'bout?
'Cuz I'd like ta own one and call it that.
Slim
You an' me too. ;)
Got a friend on another board that has one. Beautiful piece.....Buck 8) ::) ;)
Pickin' up an original M1873 Springfield rifle from an ailin' friend tomorrow. Finally gonna try my hand at BPCR. Already have a contempory .45-70, so have the dies. Also got Wolf's book on how to make one shoot like they were intended, with BP. ;D ;D
Slim, that's an interesting story on the Fire pony.....
Quote from: litl rooster on August 19, 2005, 06:42:03 PM
Slim, that's an interesting story on the Fire pony.....
I thought so too. It was the first time I had heard of such a thing being done.
Slim
Well they claimed the Apache would ride them till they played out kill'em then eat them but, didn't know they'd cook them first.
Can any one tell me what "Slutting A Gut" means?
I found the phrase in a western novel written in 1954. Context is, 'getting the wagon across that river was easier that slutting a gut'.
Quote from: Backstrap Bill on September 22, 2005, 09:33:28 PM
Can any one tell me what "Slutting A Gut" means?
I found the phrase in a western novel written in 1954. Context is, 'getting the wagon across that river was easier that slutting a gut'.
If'n it was "Slitting a gut", it'd be fairly obvious. I suspect that's what the author meant, but sometimes in those old typeset boxes (which were laid out like the typewriter keyboard), since the "u" and the "i" are right next to each other, the typesetter got it wrong, and the proofreader missed it. Having family in the printing business, I found out this was much more common that is commonly known. But... ya know what they say 'bout "assuming" ::)
Pards, a quirley was a ciggarette, a hand made one as opposed to a taylor made,
Regards, Beaumont
Quote from: E.R.Beaumont on October 02, 2005, 04:48:36 PM
Pards, a quirley was a ciggarette, a hand made one as opposed to a taylor made,
Regards, Beaumont
It'll also be used in reference to a cowpokes bedroll. Sometimes, you gotta take the context into account. So I'd have to say both answers are correct.
"30 miles to water, 20 miles to wood, 10 miles to hell and I gone there for good." -- Carved on a deserted shack near Chadron, Nebraska.
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on November 15, 2005, 12:59:33 PM
"30 miles to water, 20 miles to wood, 10 miles to hell and I gone there for good." -- Carved on a deserted shack near Chadron, Nebraska.
Was ya' tryin' ta get ta Del? ??? ??? ::) ::) ??? He wasn't responding to cuff buttons either!!!! ::) ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on November 15, 2005, 03:11:20 PM
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on November 15, 2005, 12:59:33 PM
"30 miles to water, 20 miles to wood, 10 miles to hell and I gone there for good." -- Carved on a deserted shack near Chadron, Nebraska.
Was ya' tryin' ta get ta Del? ??? ??? ::) ::) ??? He wasn't responding to cuff buttons either!!!! ::) ;D ;D ;D
Yep. :D
Slim
Here's a couple I recently learned:
Slantindicular
Snollygoster
sockdologer
Quote from: Griff on November 20, 2005, 12:48:49 AM
Here's a couple I recently learned:
Slantindicular
Snollygoster
sockdologer
Slantindicular --- slightly off plumb?
Snollygoster --- a disreputable person
Sockdologer --- the clincher on a deal or something that finalizes a decision
I believe Del's tied up at the moment and doesn't have access to the 'net...........Buck 8) ::)
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on November 20, 2005, 10:45:13 AM
Slantindicular --- slightly off plumb?
Snollygoster --- a disreputable person
Sockdologer --- the clincher on a deal or something that finalizes a decision
Slantindicular --- slightly off plumb? Close, I'll give ya this one slanted or distorted as in speech.
Snollygoster --- a disreputable person Yep, usually cast in regards to politicans ;D
Sockdologer --- the clincher on a deal or something that finalizes a decision Nope
hey, two outta three is better than I usually come up with.
Del will probably answer today (Mon) or tomorrow after being released once more from the Looney Bin. Whoops, that was a Freudian slip, I guess.
Actually, he'll be released from the horse-pistol (hospital) later today. He's been there since last Tue. or Wed.
Been awhile since this thread has had some activity, so...
the Great Seize
You takin' over, Griff????? 8) ::) ;)
Naw, but I just saw this in a book and thought... 'hmmm, there's an interesting addition to "Old West Words and Phrases". Besides I've learned a lot and maybe this thread just needs a little kick in the follow-along :o
Okay. I haven't seen Hamp on here for quite awhile, hope he's okay....Buck 8) ::)
Quote from: Griff on January 13, 2006, 08:05:49 PM
Been awhile since this thread has had some activity, so...
the Great Seize
The only thing that comes to mind is a humorous reference to a Sheriff as a "Great Seizer"!
Boy, is it hard to get one by Russ T, or what. Correct, again.
I watched Quigley Down Under the other day, in it Quigley says that he hoped that the kid would pee on Crazy Cora's dress. What would be the period correct slang for urinate? ??? I don't have the answer, by the way.
Slim
I don't know the answer either, but... if we can believe "Deadwood", pee isn't correct. :o
Also, American Heritage Dictionary shows that "piss" would have been in use as the vulgar slang of "to urinate".