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  1. Old cowboy slang names include123:
    • Pilgrim: Term for an easterner or novice cowhand.
    • Pimping: Refers to something little or petty.
    • Saddle Stiff: A cowboy.
    • Chuck-Line Rider: An unemployed cowboy who rode from ranch to ranch.
    • Chuck Wagon Chicken: Cowboys humorously used this term for fried bacon.
    • Chuffy: Blunt, surly, clownish.
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    Pilgrim – Cowboy term for an easterner or novice cowhand. Pill – A doctor. Pilled – Black-balled. Pimping – Little, petty. Pimple – The cowboy’s name for the very small saddles used by Easterners.
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    Saddle Stiff – A cowboy, also referred to as “saddle warmer” and “saddle slicker.” Saddle Tramp – A cowboy who spends most of his time in the chuck line. Sadying – A simple and unaffected mode of dancing.
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    Chuck-Line Rider – An unemployed cowboy who rode from ranch to ranch, exchanging a bit of news and gossip for a meal. Also called a “grub-line rider.” Cowboys gathered around the chuckwagon ready for “chow” on the ranch, 1887 Chuck Wagon Chicken – Cowboys humorously used the term for fried bacon. Chuffy – Blunt, surly, clownish.
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