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Thread #117989 Message #2613958
Posted By: open mike
18-Apr-09 - 02:33 PM
Thread Name: Help: Cowboy Alphabet - suggestions wanted
Subject: RE: BS: cowboy alphabet
oops, hit send before posting list..
A APPALOOSA, ANGUS, ARENA, Arbuckles, arroyo, aperejos, Apache
B BUCKAROO, BISON, BUFFALO, BOOTS, BOOT HILL , bronco, bronc, Blaze, Bull,
Blue Norther BUNK HOUSE, bit, BRIDLE, BRAND, BUCKAROO, barbed wire,
Burner, Beans, Butt knot, Butte, Bacon, Bob Wire, Bullet, Bunkhouse, Blue Heeler,
Belly-roped, busting, buggy boss, blotted brand, Bannock, Brule,
C CATTLE, CINCH, CHAPS, CONCHO, CHUCK WAGON, CALF, colt, center-fire,
Consarnnit, CALABOOSE, CHARDONNAY (viz. Dusty and Lefty), cricket, chincs,
calaboose - n. {a corruption of Spanish calabozo }: prison, jail, cayouse, camp cookie,
Cantle, Cuttin', California, Chisum, Chisholm, Coffee, Coulee, Cuban Heel, Chinook,
Comanche, Cherokee, Choctaw, Cayuse
D DOGIE, DOG, DAPPLED, DUN, dally, dallying, dallyman,
double-barreled, Dakota
E EQUUS, EASY KEEPER
F FIRE, Fence, fence-stretcher, fork, Fox (tribe)
G GUN, GREAT DIVIDE, Graybar Hotel, Gelding, gallows
H HOOLIHAN, HORSE, HERD, HONKY-TONK, hornswoggling, hazer, hackamore,
HOOSEGOW--{from Mexican Spanish jusgado }: jail, Hondo, Horn, Hoorahing, Henry,
Hell's Half Acre, Header, Heeler, horn string, hemp fever, Haidan, Hunkpapa, Hopi
I IRON, Idaho
J JERKY, jug (jail), Jail, Johnson County, Judiths, John Grays
K KNOT, Kansas
L LOOP, LONGHORN, Leather, Lincoln County, leg jockey, loco weed, lady fashion,
Lakota,
M MAVERICK, MANE, MUSTANG, Mare, Montana, Mule Ears, mecarte, mangana,
maleta, morral, mule skinner, Miniconju, Mandan
N Noose, NECKERCHIEF, Nebraska, New Mexico, night-hawk, necktie social, nester,
Navajo, Nez Perce,
O Oldtimer, Oysters, Oklahoma, ocean wave, off herd, over-round, Omaha
P PARTNER, PALOMINO, PRAIRIE, Paint, Pinto, Pony, pokey, poker, paper collar,
Powder River, Palouse, pistol, piggin' string, pool round up, pants rats, Pawnee,
Paiute, Pueblo
Q QUARTER HORSE, QUIRT
R REINS, RODEO, ROPE, ROAN, ROUND-UP, REMUDA, REATA, , Riata , rowls,
Rowels, Ride, Red River, Resistol, revolver, rope corral, rigging rings, rim-fire
ridin' the bag-line, road brand, running iron,
S SADDLE, SPURS, SALOON, stirrup, Stocking, Slicker, sunfishing, steer, stallion,
Stetson, snake wood, swing, slick fork, shot guns, stamp brand, steeple fork, sop,
slip shooting, skinner, Shoshone, Sac,
T TRAIL, TAPADERO, Tailor-mades, Texas, Tejas, ten gallon hat, tornado, twister,
Tie man, tying fast, tree, Tlingit
U Utah, Ute, Umatilla
V VAQUERO, VARMINTS, Varmit , vittles
W WAGON, WATER, WEATHER, WEST, Whiskey, Wyoming, Wind River, Windmill,
Winchester, wrangler, wrangatong, woolies, wreck pan, wild west, windy, wish book
X XIT (One of the most famous brands from Texas)
Y Yahoo, YeHaw, Yodel, Yanqui, 'yellowbellied' = coward, yoke
Z ZEBRA DUN , Zane Grey, Zuni