How well do you know your cowboy lingo, partner?

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Hop on that horse and mosey on down, because we're fixing to quiz you on some cowboy lingo! We'll give you some words or phrases that were either used by real or fictional cowboys, and you've got to decipher them for us!

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  1. Let's try an easy one. If someone says "Howdy," what are they saying?
  2. If someone is "above snakes," what does that mean?
  3. What's a varmint?
  4. If you're drinking "Adam's Ale," what are you sipping on?
  5. If someone offered you something to "wet your whistle," what are they offering you?
  6. If you're "full as a tick," how are you feeling?
  7. If you call someone a tenderfoot, what are you actually saying?
  8. If you've got to skedaddle, what are you doing?
  9. Which of these people would be considered a "yellow belly"?
  10. If you're giving something "a lick and a promise," what are you doing?

How well do you know your cowboy lingo, partner?

Your Result...

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53 Comments

Brutus2 15 hours ago
9/10 Damn I missed the last one
bukhrn 16 hours ago
7/10, Not bad as I've never heard of 2,4 &10
Bapa1 17 hours ago
9/10, missed the tick one. Tain't no tenderfoot.
KJExpress 1 day ago
10/10. I had heard all of them before except "above snakes."
McGillahooala 1 day ago
9/10. Missed number 2. Never heard of Above Snakes.
RonnieFM 1 day ago
8 out of 10 Anyone for some vinegar pie?
ElizabethBoop 1 day ago
10/10. This *literally* isn't my first rodeo.
Good one, Eliz.

10/10, watching all those Bonanza episodes paid off.
Big3Fan 1 day ago
8️⃣ Time to get outta Dodge.
leeroyprice Big3Fan 1 day ago
You do that and "I'll get on you like ugly on an ape", to quote my favorite cowboy, Festus.
Big3Fan leeroyprice 1 day ago
Hold yer taters.
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