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(#1) High-Falutin'
The manner of a self-important or pompous person.
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(#2) Catawampus
When things are askew or awry.
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(#3) Backdoor Trots
When you have diarrhea.
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(#4) Leaky Mouth
What someone has when they talk or gossip too much.
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(#5) Barkin' At A Knot
When you're wasting time or doing something useless.
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(#6) Prairie Coal
Dried cow manure used to fuel fires.
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(#7) Higgledy-Piggledy
A state of confusion.
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(#8) Raisin' Sand
To make trouble or cause a ruckus.
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(#9) Toad Strangler
A heavy rain or downpour.
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(#10) Wobblin' Jaw
What someone has when they talk or gossip too much.
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(#11) Barkin' Irons
A colorful name for pistols.
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(#12) California Widow
A woman who is separated from her husband (but not divorced).
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(#13) Guttersnipe
A homeless child, particularly one who lives on the street.
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(#14) Paintin' Your Nose
Getting drunk.
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(#15) Lincoln Skins
Paper money or cash; greenbacks.
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(#16) Scamper Juice
Whiskey.
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(#17) Four-Flusher
A liar or cheater; a swindler.
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(#18) Pirooting
Having sex.
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(#19) Black-Eyed Susan
A six-chambered revolver pistol or six-gun.
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(#20) Five Beans In The Wheel
When there's five bullets in a six-chambered revolver or six-gun.
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(#21) Bag Of Nails
When everything seems to go wrong at once.
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(#22) Blatherskite
An overly talkative, annoying person.
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(#23) Slumguzzling
To engage in deceptive or fraudulent behavior.
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(#24) Beetle-Crushers
A colorful name for feet.
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(#25) Of The First Water
Something or someone that is first-rate or excellent.
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(#26) Honey-Fuggled
When someone is tricked, treated or swindled.
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(#27) Hair In The Butter
When a situation is delicate.
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(#28) Nibbler
- Fictional Character
A small-time, petty thief.
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(#29) Greasy Belly
The cook in a cowboy camp.
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(#30) See The Elephant
To got to town or to travel to a new location for the first time.
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(#31) Crawl His Hump
When someone is looking to start a fight.
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(#32) Get The Mitten
To be rejected by a potential lover, eg., "Sally gave him the mitten."
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(#33) Knock Galley West
To beat someone senseless.
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(#34) Excuse-Me-Ma'am
A literal bump in the road.
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(#35) Coffee Boiler
A person who is lazy or shirks their responsibilities.
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(#36) Fork A Hoss
To ride a horse.
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(#37) Seven By Nine
Something or someone of average or inferior quality.
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(#38) Calf Slobbers
The meringue on the top of a pie.
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(#39) Feeze
A state of excitement.
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(#40) Mouldy Grubs
A derogatory name for traveling showmen.
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With the unique multiculturalism and the rapid development of the Internet, American slang has also changed in the past few years. Various new expressions and words are emerging in an endless stream. The convenient communication in the Internet age has allowed some local slang to spread quickly, and many slang words were coined on university campuses. Even if interpersonal communication is more convenient than ever, there are still some special slang terms that are more common in some areas and are rarely heard in other places.
This random tool introduces the 40 most common slang terms of the Wild West, which may turn the east and west coasts into two countries within the United States.
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