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(Reference to missing all nine pins at bowling.)\u003Cbr>Arbuckle’s ~ slang for coffee, taken from a popular brand of the time.“I need a cup of Arbuckle’s.”\u003Cbr>At sea ~ at a loss, not comprehending.“When it comes to understanding women, boys, I am at sea.”\u003Cbr>B\u003Cbr>Back down ~ yield, retract.\u003Cbr>Balled up ~ confused.\u003Cbr>Bang-up ~ first rate.“They did a bang-up job.”\u003Cbr>Bazoo ~ mouth.“Shut your big bazoo.”\u003Cbr>Bear sign ~ cowboy term for donuts. A cook who could and would make them was highly regarded.\u003Cbr>Beat the devil around the stump ~ to evade responsibility or a difficult task.“Quit beatin’ the devil around the\u003Cbr>stump and ask that girl to marry you.”\u003Cbr>Beef ~ to kill. (From killing a cow to make beef to eat.)“Curly Bill beefed two men in San Antonio.”\u003Cbr>Bendan elbow ~ have a drink.“He’s been known to bend an elbow with the boys.”\u003Cbr>Between hay and grass ~ neither man nor boy, half-grown.\u003Cbr>Best bib and tucker ~ your best clothes.“There’s a dance Saturday, so put on your best bib and tucker.”\u003Cbr>Big bug ~ important person, official, boss.“He’s one of the railroad big bugs.”\u003Cbr>Bilk ~ cheat.\u003Cbr>Blow ~ boast, brag.“Don’t listen to him, that’s just a lot of blow.”\u003Cbr>Blowhard ~ braggart, bully.\u003Cbr>Blow-up ~ fit of anger.“He and the missus had a blow-up, but it’s over, now.”\u003Cbr>Bone orchard ~ cemetery.\u003Cbr>Bosh ~ Nonsense.\u003Cbr>Boss ~ the best, top.“The Alhambra Saloon sells the boss whiskey in town.”\u003Cbr>Bulldoze ~ to bully, threaten, coerce.\u003Cbr>Bully ~ Exceptionally good, outstanding. (Used as an exclamation.)“Bully for you!” |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| | Bunko artist ~ con man.\u003Cbr>Burg ~ town.\u003Cbr>By hook or crook ~ to do anyway possible.\u003Cbr>©[2005 www.murderamongfriends.com](2005 www.murderamongfriends.com), all rights reserved. | |\n\nMurder atthe Deadwood Saloon  \n| | | |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Calaboose ~ jail.\u003Cbr>California widow ~ woman separated from her husband, but not divorced. (From when pioneer men went West,\u003Cbr>leaving their wives to follow later.)\u003Cbr>Chisel, chiseler ~ to cheat or swindle, a cheater.\u003Cbr>Clean his/your plow ~ to get or give a thorough whippin’.\u003Cbr>Coffee boiler ~ shirker, lazy person. (Would rather sit around the coffee pot than help.)\u003Cbr>Consumption ~ slang for pulminary tuberculosis.\u003Cbr>Copper a bet ~ Betting to loose, or being prepared against loss.“I’m just coppering my bets.”\u003Cbr>Come a cropper ~ come to ruin, fail, or fall heavily.“He had big plans to get rich, but it all come a cropper, when the\u003Cbr>railroad didn’t come through.”\u003Cbr>Croaker ~ pessimist, doomsayer.“Don’t be such an old croaker.”\u003Cbr>Crowbait ~ derogatory term for a poor-quality horse.\u003Cbr>Curly wolf ~ real tough guy, dangerous man.“Ol’ Bill is a regular curly wolf, especially when he’s drinkin’ whiskey.”Cut a swell ~ present a fine figure.“He sure is cutting a swell with the ladies.”\u003Cbr>D\u003Cbr>Dicker ~ barter, trade.\u003Cbr>Difficulty ~ euphamism for trouble, often the shootin’ or otherwise violent kind.“He had to leave Texas on account\u003Cbr>of a difficulty with a gambler in San Antonio.”\u003Cbr>Directly ~ soon.“She’ll be down, directly.”\u003Cbr>Deadbeat ~ bum, layabout, useless person.\u003Cbr>Dinero ~ from the Spanish, a word for money.\u003Cbr>Don’t carea continental ~ Don’t give a damn.\u003Cbr>Down on ~ opposed to.“His wife is really down on drinking and cigars.”\u003Cbr>Doxology works ~ a church.\u003Cbr>Dragged out ~ fatigued, worn out.\u003Cbr>Dreadful ~ very.“Oh, her dress is dreadfully pretty.”\u003Cbr>Dry gulch ~ to ambush. 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