Old West Slang

"Hoyle" is a dictionary of rules for card playing games

Or it could mean a winning poker hand

Taken from a popular brand of the time. "I need a cup of Arbuckle's."

For men to keep house without a woman's help, sometimes spelled, "batch".

Cheap whiskey was sometimes called benzene.

Half-grown

Used to refer to a nagging or complaining woman

From the Desert Country of Oregon, Nevada, California, or Idaho.

Firewater, whiskey

Lazy person that would rather sit around the coffee pot than help.

Spanish

Especially politicians or salesmen

"it ain't worth a hill of beans."

A mining term

Now means the deception is uncovered.

Popularized by the Pony Express.

Short End of the Stick

"He's plumb crazy."

Don't take on so.

Popular among the Apache.