Old West Words and Phrases

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

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!




AnnieLee

[Delmonico]

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. 

[Silver Creek Slim]

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. 

Slim

[Silver Creek Slim]

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.

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Been chasing Chinese Chix. Besides Del and Rusty are too fast for me. 

Slim

[Russ T Chambers]

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.

[Delmonico]

Googlein' takes time Slim.    

[Capt. Hamp Cox]

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?

[Capt. Hamp Cox]

shakin' hands with grandma

Tucson bed

telegraph him home

moonshinin'   (has nuthin' to do with corn likker)

[Silver Creek Slim]

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

[Silver Creek Slim]

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?

I do, but it takes 'bout a box of shells. 

Slim

[Silver Creek Slim]

Googlein' takes time Slim.    

Mr. Google is on a break. And so is me brain. 

Slim

[Capt. Hamp Cox]

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)

[Silver Creek Slim]

Sorry. 

Slim

[Delmonico]

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

[Capt. Hamp Cox]

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])

[Russ T Chambers]

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?

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

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

[Russ T Chambers]

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. 

[Capt. Hamp Cox]

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?

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

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. 

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