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Latchpan - Lower lip
To Lather - To beat.
Lathy - Thin, slender like a lath.
Latish - Rather late. Laudanum - Not exactly slang, but what is it? Often utilized by the "painted ladies" in the west, laudanum was opium mixed with liquor.
Lay - Price, terms, salary. “He bought a large herd of cattle at a good lay. Also used to describe a cowboy's bed.
Lead Plumb - A bullet.
Lead Poisoning - Shot. "He died of lead poisoning."
Lead Plumb - A bullet.
Lead Pusher - A gun.
Leap the Book - An illegal or false marriage.
Leather-necks - Soldiers
Leg Bail - To give leg bail, is to run away.
Leggins - South Texas term for chaps.
Let Drive - To let fly, to let slip. To
discharge, let loose a blow with the fist, a stone, a bullet from a gun, etc.
Let Her Rip - Let it go.
Let On - To mention, disclose, betray a
knowledge.
Let Out - To begin a story or narrative.
Let Up - To let up is to release, a relief.
“Thank Goodness, the rain finally let up.”
Lick - Molasses.
Lick - A blow.
Lick or Salt Lick - A place where wild
animals lick for salt -- usually a salt spring.
Lickety Split - Headlong, at full speed.
To Lick - To beat.
Lickfinger
- To kiss ass. Also called "lick-spittle."
Licking - A flogging, a beating.
Lickspittle - A mean parasite, one who will
stoop to any dirty work
Lief or Lieve - Willingly, gladly.
Like Bricks - Quickly, with energy.
Life Preserver - A gun.
Light (or lighting) a shuck - To get the hell out of here in a hurry. "I'm lightin' a shuck for California."
Light On - To fall on, to come to by chance,
to happen to find.
Like a Thoroughbred - Like a gentleman.
Like lickin' butter off a knife - Something that is easy; not hard.
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