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Bill Picket_voc
Bill Picket_words and definitions
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| croaker-sacks | a sack made of burlap |
| homespun | made at home |
| bedclothes | items used to cover a bed-sheets, blankets, and quilts |
| trek | slow journey |
| lariat | a lasso |
| parched | very dry and hot |
| ravaged | to heavily damage |
| feisty | having a lively and aggressive personality |
| brazen | bold, cocky |
| challenge | something diffuculit to do |
| adventure | a fun exciting experience |
| straddle | to sit with ones legs on each side of an object |
| ornery | mean |
| stockyards | a place where calltle that are to be bought, sold, or slaughtered are held |
| slew | many |
| corn pone | baked or fried cornbread |
| break | to tame a horse |
| mossback | a wild bull or cow |
| dogies | a calf with no mother |
| bulldoggin | to wrestle a steer, usually by grabbing its horns and twisting it neck |
| mucking | to clean out |
| bronc | wild or poorly broken horse |
| gizzard | intestine |
| brushpopper | a person who works in an area covered in low-growing bushes and weeds |
| high-falutin | fancy; showy |
| prime | most important |
| muster | to work up |