Free Cowboy Dictionary – Letter U – useful words of the cowboy lifestyle – definitions, terminology, slang, jargon, word origins

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Unbolted Flour – Unsifted flour; not having the bran or coarse part of the flour separated out

Ungulate – A mammal with hooves.

Unmentionables – A 19th century euphemism for underwear. Also called “Inexpressibles.”

Under the weather – Sick; not well. “Jake’s under the weather; he’s got a case of the sniffles.”

Unshuck – To remove from a case, as in unholstering a gun. “I didn’t want to, but I unshucked my carcass from my sugan,” (I got out of my bedroll).

Upscuddle – A heated argument or quarrel.

Upper Skirt – See “Flank Skirt.”

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