Summer
officially begins later this month and is the time of year to kick back, relax
and have fun. Below are sayings to enrich your Cowboy vocabulary and cartoons
to tickle your funny bone. Enjoy!
Advertisin’ a leather shop: a tenderfoot dressed up in
exaggerated leather trimmings, such as boots, chaps, and cowhide vest.
Airin’ his lungs: cussin’
Dealing brace: using crooked faro boxes or manipulating the
cards so the dealer wins
Flannel mouth:
a person who talks muck, a braggart
Grassed him:
term used when a horse has thrown his rider
Hard-boiled
hat: cowboy’s name fir a derby hat
Jamoka: coffee made from combining Java and Mocha
Kack: slang for saddle
Maniac den: cowboy name for a sheep wagon or camp
Pail fed: a calf raised on skimmed milk
Pimple: cowboy’s contemptuous name for a little eastern
saddle
Rolls his own hoop: one attending to his own
business
Sea plum: cowboy name for an oyster
Tank: a reservoir made by damming a stream
