Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This was just a fun way to describe coffee. It was brown and you swished it around your mouth.
A horse is a "hay burner".
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This is cowboy grammar for "might be able to." "I may can come to the social," said the cowboy.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This was another way of saying the cowboy's bedroll. He'd have crumbs from his dinner.
Java is an island in Indonesia, but in slang it means coffee.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This means to blacken with soot or smoke. A cowboy might say "I have smutched my fingers" after picking up a sooty coffee pot.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! Arbuckle's was a famous coffee brand. They even included a peppermint stick in every can. Cowboys started using the term to mean any coffee.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This was just a fun way to describe coffee. It was brown and you swished it around your mouth.
Not cowboy slang. Overalls are another name for work pants.
A horse is a "hay burner".
'Cracklings' are the remains of a fire or cinders.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant a cowboy's bedroll. It hinted that a cowboy would have fleas.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This is cowboy grammar for "might be able to." "I may can come to the social," said the cowboy.
The condition of being flustered, in a hurry, confused.
A .45 caliber Colt revolver- a handgun.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant in the company of a woman. A moll was slang for a woman.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant to mock or insult. You didn't want a cowboy frumping you.