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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71 Comments

Poolboy13 1 month ago
You got 9 out of 10
Nice wranglin'! Reach fer tha sky
John111911Smith 1 month ago
9/10. Purdy good considerin’ I’m just an hornery tin horn.
Didn’t git that Adams Ale one. I only drinks Sasperilla.
Brutus2 1 month ago
9/10 Damn I missed the last one
cperrynaples Brutus2 1 month ago
Yep, it sounds like what a cowboy does to a woman...LOL!
sagafrat69 cperrynaples 29 days ago
8 of 10. Not bad for a city slicker. Like a good wrangler you're going to get that first task done and then hopefully skedaddle on outta there pardner. If you have that lucky rabbit's foot in your pocket you might get a "yee-hah" out of that pretty little filly on your way back to the ranch.😎
bukhrn 1 month ago
7/10, Not bad as I've never heard of 2,4 &10
Bapa1 1 month ago
9/10, missed the tick one. Tain't no tenderfoot.
cperrynaples Bapa1 1 month ago
Well, if you watch MeTV+, they have a show called Sugarfoot! Believe it or not, it's about a cowboy lawyer!
Will Hutchins. I still can recall the theme song (1957-61) from 64 years ago!
Cheyenne, Bronco, Lawman--know that theme song, Maverick--that theme song is one of the finest of any series, and I know every word, Zorro, and The Lone Ranger--William Tell Overture by Rossini! Westerns were my favorite series growing up in the late-'50s and early-'60s, with "Zorro" a Western-type with Guy Williams the hero!
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