A-C
Airtights
A) Canned goods
B) Letting clothes out to dry
C) Pantyhose's that are very uncomfortable
A) Canned goods, such as canned beans, milk, or fruit
Fish
A) A cowboy’s rain slicker, "We told him it looked like rain, but he left his fish in the wagon.”
B) Word to describe the smell coming from someone or something.
C) Someone slimy, untrustworthy. "Stay away from him, he's a Fish"
A) 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.”
Get the Mitten –
A) To fetch warm clothes
B) To be rejected by a lover.
C) To get a flogging
B) To be rejected by a lover. “Looks like Mable gave poor Henry the mitten.”
Jackeroo
A) A cowboy
B) A Kangaroo
C) A type of took used to fix saddles. To secure them in place
A) A cowboy, also called buckaroo.
Old Betsy or Old Blue
A) The beloved family cow.
B) A gun.
C) The wagon used to pull inventory.
B) A gun.
Afly
A) Aloof, not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant
B) To be an expert
C) Askew, Crooked
B) To be an expert
Eagle
A) A large Bird. No one knew what the difference was between large birds in the sky.
B) A big, strapping young man.
C) A gold ten-dollar coin.
C) A gold ten-dollar coin.
Husking Bee
A) A thorn or splitter you get while husking corn
B) A Social event to Husk Corn. Pull up a chair and have a drink while we get to work
C) The flying pests that won't leave your food alone.
B) A Social event in which the community came together to husk corn and to drink. Also called a “husking frolic.” Pull up a chair and have a drink while we get to work
Keep
A) Storage for food.
B) The town cemetery.
C) A common room or parlor.
A) Storage for food, subsistence, keeping. “The milk is in the keep.”
Old Pie
A) Food that has gone bad.
B) Old News
C) An expression of admiration or approval.
C) An expression of admiration or approval.
Bacon
A) Refer to someone as a pig, messy. "You're such a bacon"
B) Yummy Breakfast Food
C) Save oneself from injury
C)Meaning to save oneself from injury. To save one’s bacon.
Family Disturbance
A) A type of card game they made up. Similar to what we now call "Uno"
B) What they call the rooster's crow.
C) Whiskey
C) Whiskey
Ginning’ About
A) Moving around slow.
B) Moving around fast.
C) Someone who is drunk.
B) Moving around fast.
Leap the Book
A) Robbing from a bank
B) An illegal or false marriage.
C) Let it go
B) An illegal or false marriage.
Make a Mash
A) Make a hit, impress someone.
B) Make stew.
C) Making the feed for livestock.
A) Make a hit, impress someone. (Usually a female.) “Buck’s tryin’ to make a mash on that new girl.”
Barber’s Clerk
A) A conceited, over-dressed fellow who tries to act like a gentleman.
B) The gentleman who greets you when you walk into the Barber
C) When the money comes due.
A) A conceited, over-dressed fellow who tries to act like a “gentleman.”
Dish
A) Quite literally meaning, a Dish of food.
B) To ruin, to frustrate. “He dished us.”
C) To gossip. "Dish it"
B) To ruin, to frustrate. “He dished us.”
Goyathlay
A) Another name for the dance
B) Term referring to meals shared between families.
C) Means “one who yawns.”
C) Means “one who yawns.”
Love Apples
A) Term for children
B) Pure bred horses
C) Canned tomatoes.
C) Canned tomatoes.
Nailed to the Counter
A) Obligated to do something.
B) Proven a lie.
C) Working to provide.
B) Proven a lie.
Chew Gravel
A) Thrown from a horse.
B) An insult, "Chew Gravel", que punch to the gut.
C) Someone who is starving and moving from one town to the next.
A) Thrown from a horse.
Excuse-me-ma’am –
A) Another phrase for Pardon me
B) A bump in the road
C) The gentlemanly thing to do and say when trying to get the attention of a lovely lady.
B) A bump in the road
Harum-Scarum
A) A term referring to Barber's trim, cut, or shave.
B) A negative term applied to flighty persons or persons always in a hurry.
C) A woman who resembles a man.
B) A negative term applied to flighty persons or persons always in a hurry.
Jimmying a bull
A) Stealing cattle.
B) A phrase used when someone is cleaning their weapons.
C) Shooting a law officer.
C) Shooting a law officer.
Nose Paint
A) Whiskey.
B) War Paint.
C) Term for acne or scarring on the face.
A) Whiskey.