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Hitch - A difficulty, an impediment.
To Hitch - To agree, to get along
amicably.
Hitched - Got
married.
Hitch in the Giddy-up - Not feeling
well, as in: "I've had a hitch in my giddy-up the last couple days."
Hither And Yon - Here and there.
Hit pay dirt
- Mining term. To find something of value.
Hits the Flat - Go
out on the prairie.
Hobble your
lip - Shut up.
Hog at the Trough - Superior,
outstanding, a leader
Hohokams - Means
"vanished ones" in the Pima
Indian
language. The
Hohokam
Indians
most likely became the Pima and Papago tribes.
Ho - A word used by teamsters to stop
their teams.
Hobble - A scrape, a state of
perplexity
Ho Down - A party
or celebration
Hog-Killin Time
- This a "what I mean" very good time!
Hog-Wallow - On some of the Western
prairies, the ground has every appearance of having been rooted or torn up
by hogs, when it is very rough, hence the name
Hog Ranch - A brothel and
saloon that
was often located near a military fort.
Hoity-Toity - An exclamation denoting
surprise or disapprobation, with some degree of contempt.
Hold a
Candle to
- Measure up, compare to.
Hold
Your Horses
- Stay calm. "Hold your horses, we're on our
way."
Hold Up - In referring to weather, it
means to clear up, stop raining, etc.
Hollow - All hollow. Completely,
wholly. "He beat him all hollow.
Holt - Hold. "Death has got holt of
him.”
Honey-Fogle - To swindle, cheat, lay
plans to deceive.
Hook - To steal.
By Hook Or By Crook - One way or other,
by any expedient. "It can't be done by hook or crook.”
Hooks - Spurs.
Hookshop - A
brothel.
Honey-fuggled
- To
cheat, to pull the wool over one's eyes.
Hoosegow - Jail, from the
Spanish juzgado, meaning courthouse.
Hooter - A
bit or a tiny amount.
Hop - A dance.
Hopped for Mama -
A horse bucking.
Horn - A glass of
liquor, ale or beer.
Hornswoggle
- To
cheat or trick, to pull the wool over one's eyes.
Horse Thief Special
- A raisn and boiled rice dish.
Horse Feathers
- Ridiculous.
Horse Wrangler -
Horse herder.
Hoss
- A horse.
Hot as a
Whorehouse on Nickel Night - Damned hot.
Hot Rock -
Biscuit.
Hot Roll -
Bedroll.
Huckleberry - As
in "I'm your huckleberry" means "I'm just the man
you're looking for" or "I'm just the man for the job."
Huckleberry Above a
Persimmon - A cut above.
Hum - Home.
Humbug - A
deception, hoax, imposter.
Hounds -
Rowdies of the gold-rush days of San Francisco.
Hull - Saddle.
Hurricane Deck - The saddle of a bucking
horse.
Husking Bee
- A
social event in which the community came together to husk corn and to
drink. Also called a "husking frolic.”
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