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Death On - Very fond of or very talented at. He made a "death on" speech at last night’s meeting.
Deef - Deaf.
Demijohn - A glass vessel or bottle, with a
large body and small neck, protected and strengthened by a covering of
wicker-work.
Desert Canary - A burro.
Deuce - A euphemism for devil.
Devil - An expletive, expressing wonder or
vexation, sometimes used as a term for mischief.
Devilish - Atrocious, enormous, excessively,
exceedingly
Devil's Addition - Red Light District.
Deviltry - Mischief, devilry.
Dice House - Bunkhouse.
Dickens - Euphemism for devil, overmuch, a lot - a word most often used in explanations of confusion or pain; "the dickens you say," or "it hurt like the dickens."
Dicker - Barter, trade.
Didn't Have a Tail Feather Left - Broke
Die-up - The deaths of several cattle from exposure, disease, starvation, or other widespread catastrophe.
Difficulted - Perplexed.
Diggers - Spurs.
Diggings - One’s home, lodgings, or community. Also commonly referred
to prospector’s mining claims.
Dilly-Dally - To delay.
Ding - Beat, bang, used tedious repetition,
as, "Why do you keep dinging that in my ears?”
Ding or Dinged - Excessively, very. "It is so
ding hot out here.”
Dipping - Chewing snuff.
Dip Snuff - A manner of using tobacco,
generally by wetting a small stick and dipping it into snuff (tobacco) and
placing in the mouth. Sometimes tied in a small bag to chew it.
Directly - Soon. "She'll be down, directly."
Dirk
- A dagger, dirking would refer to stabbing with a dagger.
Dinero - From the Spanish, a word for money.
Dish - To ruin, to frustrate. "He dished us
too.”
Disremember - Forget or choose to forget.
Ditched - Arrested.
Ditty - A which-i-ma-call-it.
Dive - Bunkhouse.
Docity - Quick comprehension, usually used in
a negative way. "He has no docity.”
Doctor - The cook on board a ship, so called
by seamen.
Dog Cheap - Anything exceedingly cheap.
Doggery - A cheap saloon.
Doggie - An orphaned calf or small calf; by extension, any cattle.
Dog House - Bunkhouse.
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