Starts with "A"
Amputate Your Timber
A)Go way, run off
B)Dodging the Law
C)Nonsense, untrue
A)Go way, run off
Get a Wiggle On
A) Going to a Dance
B) Hurry
C) Another phrase for Fishing
B) Hurry
Make Tracks
A) To leave, to walk away.
B) Going horse back riding
C) Telling someone to get lost
A) To leave, to walk away. A figurative expression of Western origin.
Rag Proper
A) Dress well
B) Money to spend
C) The top cowhand, skilled cowboy
A) Dress well
Whistle Berries
A) Beans
B) Tumble weeds
C) When someone can't whistle
A) Beans
All Beer and Skittles
A) Nonsense, untrue
B)Slang for coffee, taken from a popular brand of the time
C)Unpleasant, not so happy
C)Unpleasant, not so happy
Gammon
A) Humbug, deceit, lies.
B) One who cases banks and towns for future jobs
C) One who walks about without business
A) Humbug, deceit, lies.
Man At The Pot
A) Going to the bathroom
B) Cooking food
C) Refill his coffee cup
C) According to camp etiquette, when a cowboy gets up to refill his cup from the coffee pot hanging over the campfire, if someone shouts, “Man at the pot!” the man at the coffee pot is required to fill everyone’s cup.
Raisin’ Cain
A) Starting a fight
B) Loud, noisy boisterous.
C) Growing sugar
B) Loud, noisy boisterous.
Wipe Your Chin
A) Be quiet
B) Nice way to say you are a slob
C) Arrogate, look down on someone
A) Be quiet
Arkansas Toothpick
A) A Skewer
B) A long, sharp knife. Also known as a California or Missouri toothpick.
C)Another Name for a Fork
B) A long, sharp knife. Also known as a California or Missouri toothpick.
Gallnipper
A) Get rid of.
B) Sore throat
C) A large mosquito
C) A large mosquito
Man-trap
A) A lovely woman
B) Cow dung in the fields, or, a widow.
C) A man made animal trap
B) Cow dung in the fields, or, a widow.
Rattler
A) A Snake
B) A shot gun
C) Freight train
C) Freight Train
Whomper-jawed
A) A bruised jaw after a fight
B) Bad teeth
C) Uneven
C) Uneven.
Auger
A) The big boss
B) To assume an affected attitude
C) Ask no favor
A) The big boss
Go Boil Your Shirt
A) Laundry
B) Starting a fire
C) Take a hike, get lost, bug off.
C) Take a hike, get lost, bug off.
Made His Jack
A) A winning set of Cards
B) Got what he aimed at.
B) Well dressed
B) Got what he aimed at.
Rot-gut
A) Bad liquor
B) Feeling Sick
C) Bad Breath
A) Bad liquor
Whaler
A) To yell or scream
B) A big, strapping fellow
C) The action of being sick
B) A big, strapping fellow.
Apple Pie Order
A) liquor distilled from cider, also called cider brandy.
B) Saddle horn
C) In top shape, perfect order.
C) In top shape, perfect order.
Gut Hooks
A) Spurs, also called gut lancers.
B) Fishing hooks
C) Another name for a belt
A) Spurs, also called gut lancers.
Mashed
A) In love
B) Intoxicated
C) Making food
A) In love
Rode Fence
A) checking for needed repairs
B) Horse jumping the fence
C) Scouting for enemies
A)Patrolled the range checking see if any areas of fencing needed repairs.
Wheel-Horse
A) An intimate friend, one’s right hand man
B) A carriage
C) A gossip, someone who can't keep their mouth shut
A) An intimate friend, one’s right hand man.