Here’s a fun game for those who write Westerns. These definitions come from WESTERN WORDS: A Dictionary of the Old West from Ramon F. Adams.I’ve done this a few times before. It’s simple, match the word with the correct definition: 1X, 2Z, 3Y.
Good Luck.
Words:
1) Angoras
2) Good Whittler
3) Daunsy
4) Arbuckle
5) Motte
6) Petmakers
7) Sunpecked Jay
8) Good lay
9) Sinkers
10) Fender
Definitions:
A) Heavy leather shields sewn to the stirrup leathers.
B) Slang for biscuits.
C) A green hand.
D) A rustic; a rural resident.
E) A clump of trees.
F) Slang for spurs.
G) Moody, downcast.
H) A good cutting horse
I) Slang for chaps made of goat hide with the hair left on.
J) Well-managed ranch.
3 comments:
Ok I tried to match the Western Words...how do I know if I got them correct?
JFWisherd(at)aol(dot)com
My answersare
A 10
B 9
C 2
D 3
E 4
F 6
G 5
H 7
I 1
J 8
JOYE
JWIsley(at)aol(dot)com
Hey, here's the correct answers. Sorry it took so long. I was out of town, then when I attempted to do it the other day, Blogger lost the post...and I was too mad to do it again!
1) Angoras
I) Slang for chaps made of goat hide with the hair left on.
2) Good Whittler
H) A good cutting horse
3) Daunsy
G) Moody, downcast.
4) Arbuckle
C) A green hand.
5) Motte
E) A clump of trees.
6) Petmakers
F) Slang for spurs.
7) Sunpecked Jay
D) A rustic; a rural resident.
8) Good lay
J)Well-managed ranch.
9) Sinkers
B)Slang for biscuits.
10)Fender
A) Heavy leather shields sewn to the stirrup leathers.
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