The cowboy and his lingo
I acquire a hobby
When the cowboy talks
Singin' to 'em
Slickin' up
Bendin' an elbow
Chips that pass in the night
Ketch my saddle!
On the prod
Gunmen and rustlers
Riding the highlines
Bucking out in smoke
Old timers
Range calico
Some typical cowboy expressions
Assorted figures of speech
More figures of speech
Roundin' up the strays
The cowboy was neither inarticulate nor verbose; he was the perfect example of action and expression, able to delineate his world by saying it as he saw it, while rapturously enjoying it to the hilt. In this learned and sympathetic account, the cowman and his cohorts are forever enshrined by the incomparable knowledge of Adams
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