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Walloon

      trippe n • [Walloon tripe sausage]

Wampanoag

      tumpline n • [..cf Wampanoag (Mashpee) tåʹmpåm..]

Washington

      black ice n 2 • chiefly NEast, Rocky Mts and Pacific, esp WA, OR

      center fire adj • West, chiefly WA to AZ

      Chinese pheasant n • chiefly Nth, esp OR, WA

      Easter lily n 2 • chiefly WA

      geoduck n 1 • Pacific coast, esp WA

      Hangtown fry n • CA, WA

      iron chink n • AK, WA

      marblehead n 2 • WA

      parking n 2b • chiefly NW, esp WA (MAP)

      root house n • chiefly Nth, esp Gt Lakes, WA (MAP)

      silver thaw n • esp OR, WA

      skowitz n • esp WA

      squaw duck n 2 • WA

      tillicum n • chiefly WA

      tolo n • chiefly WA

      tule fish n • OR, WA

      tyee salmon n • esp WA, AK

Washington, DC

      knocker n 7c • DC

      skillpot n • esp DC, MD, VA, WV (MAP)

      slug n 3 • chiefly Washington DC area

      Swampoodle n • scattered, but esp DC

      tree box n • chiefly DC

      wankapin n • chiefly VA, DC

      whiteback n • DC, MD, VA

Welsh

      flummery n • [Welsh llymru a gelatinous porridge of oatmeal or flour]

      metheglin n • [Welsh meddyg medicinal + llyn liquor..]

West

      above one’s bend adv phr • esp Sth, West

      acorn calf n • chiefly West

      *adder n 1 • scattered, but esp Sth, NEast; rare in West (MAP)

      adobe n • SW, West, and Spanish settlement areas

      agree to disagree v phr 1 • chiefly Nth, West

      airtight n 3 • West

      alforja n • West

      alkali n • West

      alkali cordgrass n • West

      alkalied adj • West, esp Rocky Mts

      alkali spot n • West

      all-ee all-ee out(s) in free exclam • chiefly Inland Nth, West (MAP)

      all-ee all-ee oxen (all in) free exclam • chiefly West and Gt Lakes, esp CA (MAP)

      all horns and rattles adj phr • West

      all she wrote, that’s phr • chiefly Sth, West

      America n B2 • West

      American adj • West, esp SW

      among the willows adj phr, adv phr • West

      angel n 4 • chiefly Nth, West

      angleworm n • chiefly Nth and West (MAP)

      angora n B • West

      animal n B1 • chiefly NEng, N Midl, West

      ankle express n • esp West, Sth

      antelope brush n • West

      antigodlin adj, adv • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West

      antigoglin adj, adv • Sth, S Midl, West

      anti-i-over n, exclam • chiefly wGt Lakes, Upper MW, West (MAP)

      Apache plume n • West esp SW

      aparejo n • West, esp SW

      apishamore n • West

      appaloosa n1 • still chiefly West, though recognized throughout US

      apple bird n 1 • West

      applehorn n • West

      appola n • West

      apron n B2 • ?West

      apron-faced adj • West

      apron strap n • West

      arbuckle n2 • West

      arch n 5 • West, esp Pacific NW

      arch one’s back v phr • West

      Arkie n • chiefly West, esp Pacific

      artillery n 1 • orig West, now more widespread

      ash-box n • chiefly Sth, Midl, West (MAP)

      aspen poplar n • chiefly West

      assessment work n • chiefly West

      asshole n • West

      attle n • West

      augerino n • West

      augur n • chiefly West

      augur v1 • West

      auguring vbl n • West

      baa-baa n • West

      *baby carriage n • widespread, but least freq in West (MAP)

      back-asswards adv • chiefly Inland Nth, West

      back East adv phr 1 • West

      back forty, the n • Nth, West

      bad man n 1 • chiefly West

      bait n 1b • chiefly S Midl, West

      bake v • West

      baker’s bread n • throughout US, but esp Nth, N Midl, West (Map Section)

      bald-faced shirt n • West

      bald-headed adv 1 • chiefly Nth, West

      *banana pepper n • widely scattered exc NEast, West (MAP)

      band n2 • chiefly West

      band v2 • West

      banjo n B2 • chiefly Nth, West

      bar n1 1 • West

      bar n1 2 • West

      barbudi n • ?esp West

      bar-dog n • West

      barefooted adj 3 • West

      barf v, n • chiefly Nth, West

      barnyard n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)

      bar pit n 1 • chiefly West (MAP and Map Section)

      barrow pit n 1 • chiefly West, esp Rocky Mts (MAP and Map Section)

      base n B2 • widespread, but esp Sth, Midl, West (MAP)

      bat wing n • West

      bawl v1 2 • widespread but chiefly Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)

      bayou n B2 • West

      bay steer n • chiefly West

      bazoo n 1 • now chiefly West

      bearberry honeysuckle n • chiefly West

      bear claw n • chiefly West, esp Pacific (MAP)

      bear sign n 2 • West

      bear sign n 3 • West

      beat it v phr • widespread, but most freq in Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      bedfast adj • chiefly Midl, West (MAP)

      bed-ground n • West

      bed wagon n • West

      beefsteak v • West

      bee plant n 1 • West

      beet greens n pl • chiefly Nth, scattered West (MAP)

      bell horse n • chiefly West

      bell pepper n • widespread, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP)

      belly-flop n, v, adv • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West

      bench n B • chiefly Midl, West

      bib overall(s) n • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      biddy n2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West

      big auger n • chiefly West

      big hole n • chiefly West

      big hole v phr • chiefly West

      big hook n • chiefly West

      big loop n • West

      biscuit n B3 • West

      biscuit shooter n 1 • West

      bitch v • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      blab n 2 • chiefly West

      blab v • chiefly West

      blab-board (weaner) n • chiefly West

      black sage n • West

      black woodpecker n 2 • West

      blanc-bec n • West

      blanket stiff n • chiefly West

      blast n 4 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West, scattered Sth (MAP)

      blat n, v 2 • chiefly Nth and West (MAP and Map Section)

      blazer n • chiefly West

      blazing star n 4 • West

      blocker n1 • West

      blood relative n • esp Nth, N Midl, West

      blossom rock n • chiefly West, esp CO

      blow v1 B1 • esp West and Midl

      blow one’s stirrup v phr • chiefly West

      blowpipe n • West

      blow snake n • chiefly Inland Nth, West

      blue lightning n • West

      blue lips n 1 • West

      blue mustard n • West

      boar’s nest n • scattered but esp West

      bobtailed flush n • scattered, but more common Sth and West

      bog rider n • West

      bohunk n 1 • chiefly Inland Nth and West (MAP)

      boil over v phr • West

      bologna n • chiefly NEast and West

      bonanza farm n • chiefly Upper MW, scattered West

      bone picker n • chiefly West

      book count n • West

      boomer n2 • esp West

      boot n1 1b • widespread, but esp Atl States, Missip Valley; scattered West

      bootpack n • esp common West

      borrasca n • West

      bosal brand n • West

      boss n1 2 • chiefly Nth and West (MAP)

      Boston dollar n • West

      bottle v 1 • chiefly West

      boudin n 1 • West

      boulder n • esp wGt Lakes, West (MAP)

      bounce v 3 • West

      box canyon n • West

      box social n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      brand artist n • West

      brand blotter n • West

      brand burner n • West

      breachy adj • chiefly NEng, West

      breadroot n 1 • West

      break n1 3 • chiefly West

      *breaking plow n • widespread, exc Atlantic and West

      breed n • scattered, but esp West

      breedy adj1 • West

      *breezeway n • widespread exc West (MAP)

      bridal-wreath n 2 • West

      bridlewise adj • chiefly West

      brockle-faced adj • chiefly West

      brodie n • West

      broken-mouthed adj • West

      bronco adj • West, esp SW

      bronco-buster n • West

      *brooder house n • widespread exc West; esp freq N Cent (MAP)

      broomtail n 1 • chiefly West

      brush popper n • West

      buck n1 2d • chiefly West

      buck n2 1 • West

      buck v1 A1a • chiefly West

      buck v1 B5a • chiefly West

      buck v1 B5b • chiefly West

      buckaroo n • chiefly West, esp Pacific

      buckbrush n • esp West

      bucket man n • West

      bucking season n • West

      bucking vbl n1 • West

      buckjump v 1 • chiefly West

      buck nun n • chiefly West

      buck out v phr • West

      buck rake n • chiefly West

      budget n 3 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      buffalo v • chiefly Inland Nth, West

      buffalo bean n • West

      buffalo fever n • West

      buffalo pea n • West

      buffalo wallow n • chiefly West

      *buffet n A3 (pronc) • widespread, but infreq in Midl, West

      bug-eater n • chiefly West

      bullberry n 1 • chiefly West

      bulldog v1 • West

      bull team n • West

      bull train n • West

      bullwhack v • West

      bullwhacker n • chiefly West

      bum’s rush n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      bunch n 2 • West

      bunch v1 1 • West

      bunchgrass n 1 • esp West

      bunch quitter n • West

      bunkhouse n • chiefly West (MAP)

      bunkmate n • West

      *burlap bag n • widespread, but less freq in West (MAP)

      burn v B1 • West

      burrobrush n • West

      bush rabbit n • West

      bust v 2 • West

      bust v 3 • West

      butte n • chiefly West (MAP)

      button n B1 • West

      button n B2a • chiefly Nth, N Midl and West (MAP)

      caballo n • West, esp SW

      cabeza n • chiefly West

      cack n2 • West

      cactus boomer n • West

      cafe n • chiefly West, Sth (MAP)

      cake doughnut n • widespread, but esp Inland Nth, West

      calaboose n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, West (MAP)

      camp meat n • chiefly Inland Nth, West (MAP)

      camp tender n • chiefly Plains States, West

      can n 2 • scattered, but chiefly West (MAP)

      canal n B • West

      canyon n • chiefly West, scattered Nth (MAP)

      cap n1 6 • chiefly West, esp CO

      capper n 1 • chiefly West

      caramel n (pronc) • in Nth, West

      carving vbl n • West

      catalog woman n • West

      catch colt n • chiefly West, Inland Nth (MAP)

      cat’s-breeches n • West, esp Rocky Mts, NW

      cavvy n • West, esp Rocky Mts

      cayuse n • chiefly West, esp NW

      cedar braker n • West

      center fire adj • West, chiefly WA to AZ

      chain lightning n • chiefly NEast, West

      chamber lye n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West

      chap v1 • West

      chaparajos n pl • chiefly West, esp SW

      chapping vbl n • West

      chaps n pl • West

      Charlie Taylor n • West

      cheater n 1b • esp Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      cheek v 1 • West

      chew it fine v phr • West

      Cheyenne leg n • West

      Cheyenne saddle n • West

      chicken-fried steak n • chiefly West

      chic sale(s) n • scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Midl, West (MAP)

      chigaderos n pl • West

      Chihuahua n • West

      chileno n • West

      chili n • West

      chili bean n 1 • chiefly Midl, West

      chili eater n • chiefly West

      chiming bells n • West

      *chimney swift n • widespread exc West, Sth (MAP)

      Chinee n2 • esp West and Nth

      Chinese houses n • West

      chintzy adj1 • widespread, but esp Nth, N Midl, West

      chip n1 1 • chiefly West

      chippy n2 3 • formerly East, Sth; now chiefly Inland Nth and West (MAP)

      chokebore britches n • West

      choosing match n • West

      chop v B4 • West

      chopping horse n • West

      chore boy n • chiefly Nth, West

      chore time n • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      chouse v1 2 • West

      chuck-a-luck n • esp West, Sth

      chuckaway n • West

      chuck box n • chiefly West

      chuck house n 1 • chiefly West

      chuck line n • West

      chuck wagon n 1 • chiefly West

      chuck wagon n 3 • esp West

      churn-head n • West

      cig n • esp Nth and West (MAP)

      cimarron n • West, esp SW

      cinch n1 1 • scattered, but esp West, Nth (MAP)

      cinch v 1 • West

      cinch binder n • West

      circle n 1 • West

      circle horse n • West

      circle rider n • West

      civic cat n • West

      clabber n1 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl and West (MAP and Map Section)

      cleanup n • West

      close-herd v • West

      clunk n 1 • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)

      cluster lily n • West

      coast on the spurs v phr • West

      cockleburr n 1 • widespread, but chiefly N Cent,Upper MW, West (MAP)

      cock of the plains n • West

      coffin nail n 1 • widespread but esp Nth, Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)

      coffin varnish n • chiefly West

      coil n1 • West

      cold-footed adj • West

      collar and hames n • West

      color n 1 • West

      comb v • West

      come v A5a • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)

      come through v phr 3 • scattered, but chiefly West (MAP)

      contact n • chiefly West

      coon n1 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West

      cork elm n 4 • West

      corn lily n 3a • West, esp CA

      corral n 1 • chiefly West (MAP)

      corrugate n, v • West

      cotton sedge n • West

      coulee n 1d • chiefly West

      cousin Jack n • chiefly nMI, scattered West (MAP)

      cousin Jenny n • chiefly nMI, scattered West

      *coverlet n 1 • widespread, but least freq in West and Atlantic (MAP)

      cowberry n 3 • West

      cowboy lily n • West

      cow camp n • West

      cow country n • West

      cowpuncher n 1 • chiefly West

      cow saddle n • West

      cow sense n • West

      *cow stable n • widespread exc in West (MAP)

      cow town n • chiefly West

      coyote n • chiefly West

      coyote n B2 • West

      coyote n B3 • West

      coyote n B4 • West

      coyote v • West

      coyote house n • West

      coyote well n • West

      creek n1 (pronc) • esp Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)

      crib v 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      cribbage n • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)

      crimanetly intj • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      criminy intj • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      cripe intj • chiefly Nth, Midl, West (MAP)

      critter n B2a • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West

      crop n B1 • prob chiefly Sth, S Midl, West

      cross-brand v • West

      crowbait n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      crowhop n 1 • West

      crowhop v 2 • West

      crust n B1 • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)

      cupola n B1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      curdled ppl adj • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      curl-leaf n • West

      cut n 3 • West

      cut v 5 • West

      cutback n • West

      cutbank n • scattered, but chiefly West

      cutout n 1 • West

      cutter n1 4 • West

      cutthroat trout n • chiefly West

      cutting horse n • West

      cyclone cellar n • chiefly wGt Lakes, West (MAP)

      dab n1 • West

      dab v • West

      dago red n • chiefly Nth and West (MAP)

      daisy n 2b • esp West

      dally n • chiefly West

      dally v • chiefly West

      dally welter n • West

      Danish pastry n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      darning needle n 1 • chiefly NEast, Inland Nth, West (MAP)

      day-herd n • West

      day-herd v • West

      deadwood n • chiefly S Midl, West

      death camas n • West

      deer clover n • West

      deerweed n 1 • West

      Denver mud n • chiefly West

      desert canary n • West

      desert rat n • West

      dewlap n • chiefly West

      diamond hitch n • West

      dirt n 2 • chiefly Nth, scattered West (MAP)

      ditch rider n • West

      divide n • chiefly West

      dobe n • chiefly West, esp SW

      dobe n 5 • West, esp CA

      dock n2 2 • chiefly Nth, Midl, West (MAP)

      dog v 8 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West

      dogfall n 2 • West

      dogfall v • West

      dogger n 2 • West

      doghouse stirrup n • West

      dogie n • West

      dog loop n • West

      Dog Town n • chiefly Nth, Midl, West

      doll baby n 3 • West

      double-barrel(ed) adj • West

      double-cinch adj • West

      double-fire adj • West

      double jack n • chiefly West

      double-jack v • chiefly West

      double-rigged adj • West

      double shuffle n 2 • West

      dough baby n • chiefly West

      dough god n 1 • chiefly West

      dough gut n • West

      down adj D2 • chiefly Midl, West

      downer n • esp West

      drag n 3 • West

      drag driver n • West

      draw n 2a • chiefly West

      draw v B2 • esp Nth, West (MAP)

      drift n 2 • West

      drift v B1 • West

      drift v B4 • chiefly West

      drift v B5 • West

      drift fence n 1 • chiefly West

      drive n 1 • chiefly West

      driver n 1 • chiefly West

      drop band n • chiefly West

      dry camp n, v phr • chiefly West

      dry gulch v • chiefly West

      drylander n • West

      duckfoot n 2 • chiefly West

      duck on a rock n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      due adj, n (pronc) • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West

      dugway n • formerly widespread, now esp West

      dulce n • chiefly West, esp SW

      dust devil n 1 • esp West

      eagle bill n • West

      ear v • West

      ear-head n • West

      earmark n • formerly more widespread, now chiefly Sth, Midl, West (MAP)

      Easter daisy n • West

      eat gravel v phr • West

      eaves trough n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      eight-up n • West

      elk weed n • West

      *ell n1 1 • widespread, but most freq NEast, least freq West

      elm n B • West

      entryway n 1 • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)

      Ephraim n • West

      express wagon n • chiefly NEng, N Cent, West (MAP)

      fag v2 • chiefly West

      fairy slipper n • chiefly West

      fan v A5c • West

      fantail n 3 • West

      fanweed n • West

      farewell-to-spring n • chiefly West

      fat hen n 1 • chiefly West

      *faucet n B2 • widespread, but less freq NEast, N Cent, West (MAP)

      faunch v 1 • chiefly S Midl, West

      fence rider n 1 • West

      fiador n • West

      filaree n • West

      fire boss n • Appalachians, West

      fish n B3 • esp West

      five hundred n 2 • esp West, Gt Lakes (MAP)

      flank girth n • West

      flapboard n • West

      flat n1 1e • chiefly NEast, West (MAP)

      flier n 1 • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      flour gold n • chiefly West

      fodder forker n • West

      fofarraw adj • West

      fofarraw n 1 • chiefly West

      fog v2 • West

      fold up v phr 1 • West

      foot n C1 • West

      foot adz n • chiefly S Midl, West

      foot burner n • West

      forefoot v • West

      forget-me-not n 1b • West

      forget-me-not n 1c • West

      forget-me-not n 1f • West

      fork v 1 • chiefly West

      fox fire n 5 • West

      foxtail n 1 • chiefly N Cent, Upper MW, West (MAP)

      frau n • chiefly Nth, Midl, West (MAP)

      freak n 2 • West

      free range n • West

      freeway n • widespread, but esp West (MAP)

      freighter n 1 • chiefly West

      freight team n • West

      freight wagon n • chiefly West (MAP)

      Frenchy n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      fresno n 2 • chiefly West, Cent

      fridge n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      fried mush n • chiefly Nth, Midl, West (MAP)

      *frigidaire n • widespread, but less freq Inland Nth, PA, West (MAP)

      frog walk v phr • West

      frontage road n • chiefly West, Upper Missip Valley (MAP)

      frosting n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)

      fruit tramp n • West

      frypan n • chiefly Atlantic, Inland Sth, West (MAP)

      full ear n • West

      *funny bone n 1 • widespread, but less common eNEng, Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)

      fussbudget n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      fuzztail n • West

      gaff n, v • appar chiefly West

      galloping goose n • West

      gancho n • chiefly West

      gazook n • esp West

      German fried potatoes n pl • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      gesundheit intj • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      giant bird’s nest n • West

      glacier lily n • West

      glassie n • widespread, but more freq Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      glim n 2 • esp Nth, West

      glory hole n 2 • chiefly West

      glowworm n • scattered, but esp Nth, West

      gnat’s eyebrow n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)

      goatweed n 5 • West

      goboon n • chiefly Nth, West

      go down v phr 1 • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)

      gofer match n • esp West

      golden banner n • West

      goop n • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      goose grass n 1f • West

      gopher n1 2a • chiefly West, Missip Valley, Gulf States

      gopher n1 2b(2) • esp West

      gopher snake n 1 • chiefly West, esp CA, AZ (MAP)

      gospel sharp n • chiefly West

      go under v phr • orig West

      grab the apple v phr • West

      grama grass n • West

      grandma n A1 • chiefly Sth, Midl, West (MAP)

      grandma n A2 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      grandma n A3 • chiefly Midl; also Sth, West (MAP)

      grandpa n A2 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      grandpa n A3 • chiefly Midl; also Sth, West (MAP)

      grape stake n • West, esp CA

      grasser n • West

      grayback n 2a • scattered, but esp W Midl, West (MAP)

      grease v A1 (pronc) • chiefly Nth, West

      greasy adj A1 (pronc) • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)

      greasy-sack n attrib • West

      green amaranth n • now esp West

      greenbug n 1 • West

      greenhead n 4a(1) • esp Sth, West

      *groomsman n • widespread exc NEast, West (MAP)

      ground squirrel n b • chiefly West, Upper MW

      grub line n • West

      guinea hen n 1 • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)

      gumbo n 6a • chiefly Missip Valley, West (MAP)

      gut-hook n • West

      gyp n2 • West

      hackamore n • chiefly West

      hair pants n pl • West

      hair twister n • West

      hand-me-down adj, n • chiefly N Midl, West

      hardhead n 2b • West

      hardpan n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West

      hard-rock n • West, esp Rocky Mts

      hardtail n 4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West

      hay corral n • chiefly Rocky Mts, West

      hayrack n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      haze v • West

      headache exclam • chiefly West

      headcheese n 1 • chiefly Nth, Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)

      header n 1 • chiefly West, esp CA (MAP)

      header barge n • chiefly West

      heave v B1 • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)

      heel v2 • West

      heel fly n • chiefly West, esp SW (MAP)

      heinie n1 1 • chiefly NEast, West (MAP)

      hell-for-breakfast adv • chiefly West

      hell-for-leather adv • scattered, but esp West

      hell-to-breakfast, from adv phr • chiefly Nth, West

      hemp n 2 • esp West

      hemp dogbane n • chiefly West

      hen skin n • chiefly West

      her pron B2 • scattered, but esp West, Upper Missip Valley (MAP)

      *hey exclam 2 • scattered, but less freq Nth, Atlantic, West (MAP)

      high-grade v 1 • chiefly West

      highline n 1 • chiefly West

      highline n 2 • West

      high roller n 1 • chiefly West

      hitchrack n • esp West, S Midl

      hit the ball v phr 3 • scattered, but esp West (MAP)

      hivernant n • esp West

      ho v a • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)

      hogleg n • esp West

      hog ranch n • West

      hollygrape n • West

      hombre n • chiefly West, esp SW

      home n B5b • West

      honda n • chiefly West

      hoodlum wagon n 1 • West

      hoodoo n 2 • West

      hooley-ann n • West

      hoolihan v • West

      hopper n 1 • chiefly West, N Cent (MAP)

      horn n 2 • West

      horn v 2 • West

      horned frog n • chiefly West, esp TX

      horsemint n 3 • West

      hot-cake turner n • chiefly West (MAP)

      hot roll n • West

      hot shot n 2 • esp West

      hubbard squash n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      hull n B3 • esp West

      hurricane deck n 1 • West

      husk n B2a • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)

      idiot stick n 1a • chiefly West

      Indian potato n d • West

      Indian side n • West

      Irish buggy n • chiefly West (MAP)

      irrigate v B • esp West

      jacket v • West

      jack Mormon n • esp West

      jackpot n 1 • esp West

      Jackson fork n • West

      jag n2 1a • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      jerk line n 1 • chiefly West

      jerky n2 • scattered, but chiefly West (MAP)

      *Jerusalem, going to n 1 • scattered, but esp NEast; infreq West (MAP)

      Jewish flag n • esp West

      Jew’s harp n B3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, Missip Valley, West

      jibe v • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      jiggered, I’ll be phr • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      jimmies n pl1 1 • esp Sth, S Midl, West

      jimmyweed n • West

      jinglebob n 1 • West

      John B n • West

      John Chinaman n • chiefly West

      Johnson grass n 1 • chiefly Sth, West, W Midl

      jug handle n 2 • West

      jughead n • chiefly S Midl, West

      juice v • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP)

      June grass n 1b • chiefly West

      June grass n 1d • West

      June rise n • West

      kangaroo mouse n 2 • West

      kangaroo rat n • West

      kaput adj B • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      keeps n pl 1 • scattered, but chiefly West, W Midl (MAP)

      kettle n (pronc) • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      kike n • widespread, but more freq NEast, N Cent, West (MAP)

      king’s crown n • West

      kipe v • scattered, but esp West (MAP)

      kitty-corner adv, adj 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)

      knotgrass n 3 • West

      kokanee (salmon) n • West, esp AK, NW, Rocky Mts

      kyack n2 • West

      lagging line n • chiefly West, Gulf States, W Midl, esp sIL (MAP)

      lag line n • chiefly West, Missip Valley, sNJ (MAP)

      lariat n • chiefly West

      lariat v • chiefly West

      larkspur n • chiefly West, S Midl (MAP)

      larrup n 2 • chiefly West

      lash rope n • West

      lasso n, v • chiefly West

      lass-rope n • West

      latigo n • West

      layout n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West

      lazy adj • esp West

      *learn v B1 • scattered, but less freq West (MAP)

      leather n 1a • West

      lemita n • West

      leppy n • West

      lick n 7 • chiefly West

      lightning n1 • scattered, but esp S Midl, West

      limb v 1 • chiefly NEng, West

      line camp n • West

      line rider n • West

      linnet n 4 • West, esp CA

      lion n • formerly widespread, now chiefly West

      lion’s beard n • chiefly West

      liverwurst n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      lobelia n B2 • West

      lock horns v phr • esp S Midl, West

      *lockup n • scattered, but less freq West (MAP)

      loco adj • orig chiefly West, now more widespread

      loco n1 • chiefly West

      loco v • chiefly West

      locoweed n • West (MAP)

      logy adj 1 • scattered, but more freq Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      long adj B4 • chiefly West

      long bit n • West

      longear n 1 • chiefly N Cent, West (MAP)

      longear n 2 • West

      long handles n pl • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)

      longhorn n 1 • chiefly West

      longhorn n 2 • chiefly West

      long rider n • West

      long rope n • West

      long tom n 2 • chiefly West

      loose-herd v • West

      *lot n 1b(2) • widespread, but less freq N Atl, West (MAP)

      low beam n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, C Atl, West (MAP)

      lug n1 1 • chiefly Upper Missip Valley, West (MAP)

      lummox n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      lunger n • chiefly West

      macheer n • West

      mackerel-snapper n • esp Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      maguey n 2 • West

      mahogany n 2b • West

      make over v phr • chiefly S Midl; also West (MAP)

      makings n • chiefly West

      man-at-the-pot n, exclam • West

      man-of-the-earth n 2 • West

      manroot n 1 • West

      manzanita n • West

      maple bar n • West (MAP)

      maple-leaved mallow n • West

      marker n 1 • West

      marmot n a • now chiefly West

      marrow gut n • chiefly West

      marsh muhly n • West

      mash v1 1 • widespread, but chiefly Sth, Midl; also West (MAP)

      mat muhly n • West

      maverick n • chiefly West

      maverick v 1 • West

      *mayapple n 1 • widespread exc West; less freq NEast, Sth (MAP)

      meadow n (pronc) • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West

      *measuring worm n • widespread exc NEng, West (MAP)

      meat-in-the-pot n • esp West

      mecate n • chiefly West

      *median (strip) n 1e • scattered, but rare Sth, West (MAP)

      mesa n 1 • chiefly West, esp SW, CO (MAP)

      mesquite grass n • chiefly West

      mess box n • chiefly West

      mess house n • chiefly West

      Mexican adj B1 • chiefly West, esp SW

      Mexican bean n 1 • chiefly West (MAP)

      mig n • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)

      milk train n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      mill n1 1 • West

      mill v • West

      miner’s consumption n • chiefly West, esp CA, NV, CO (MAP)

      mission bells n • West, esp CA

      Missouri gourd n • West

      mitt n 2 • chiefly Nth, Midl, West (MAP)

      mochila n • West

      mock cucumber n • chiefly West

      mopboard n • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)

      mosshorn n • West, esp TX

      mother up v phr • esp West

      mountain ash n 2 • West

      mountain bluebell n 1 • West

      mountain canary n • chiefly West (MAP)

      mountain hare n • West, AK

      mountain heath n 1 • chiefly West, AK

      mountain heather n 2 • chiefly West, AK

      mountain jay n 1 • West, esp CA

      mountain juniper n • chiefly West, AK

      mountain laurel n 4 • West

      mountain lilac n • West

      mountain lily n 2 • West

      mountain lion n • chiefly West (MAP)

      mountain mahogany n 2 • West

      mountain oak n b • West, esp CA

      mountain oyster n • chiefly S Midl, West

      mountain pink n 3 • West, esp TX

      mountain rat n • West

      mountain sucker n • West

      mow n1 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      Mrs. n (pronc) • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West

      muck n1 2 • chiefly West

      muck v • chiefly West

      mucker n1 1 • chiefly West

      muck stick n • West

      mud dauber n 1 • chiefly Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)

      mud dauber n 2 • chiefly West

      mud hen n 1b • widespread, but more freq Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      mud swallow n • chiefly West; also PA, NY, NJ (MAP)

      mud wagon n 1 • chiefly West

      mush n2 • esp Nth, West

      *mushrat n 1 • widespread exc West (MAP)

      *muskmelon n (pronc) • widespread, but less freq Sth, West (MAP)

      musk plant n • scattered, but esp West

      mustard pickle n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      mutton puncher n • West

      nail bar n • scattered, but esp West, Gulf States (MAP)

      neck v 1 • chiefly West

      necktie party n • chiefly West; also S Midl

      needlegrass n 1 • chiefly West

      nester n • chiefly West

      netting (wire) n • chiefly Upper Missip Valley, West (MAP)

      nib n1 2 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      nigger fish v phr • scattered, but more freq Inland Nth, West (MAP)

      nighthawk n 5 • West

      night herd v phr • West

      night herder n • West

      night horse n • West

      nightmare n • West

      no-host adj phr • chiefly West

      *notch n 2 • scattered, but less freq NEast, West (MAP)

      oiled road n • scattered, but chiefly West, NEast (MAP)

      old-man’s-beard n 7 • esp West

      old-man’s-whiskers n 1 • esp West

      old-man’s-whiskers n 3 • West

      on prep, adv (pronc) • chiefly Inland Nth, West

      one old cat n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      orejana n • West

      out adv B1 • West, esp AK

      outfit n • chiefly West

      outlaw n 1 • formerly chiefly West, now widespread

      outrider n • chiefly West

      outside man n 1 • West

      over adj C • Sth, S Midl, West

      oxbow stirrup n • chiefly West

      pack v 1 • chiefly West, Missip Valley, sAppalachians (MAP)

      packer n 1 • chiefly West

      pack rat n • West

      paddy n1 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West, esp NEast (MAP)

      pail v 1 • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      paintbrush n 1 • widespread, but esp West

      paintbrush n 3 • West

      paint pot n • West

      palsy-walsy adj, n • esp Nth, N Midl, West

      park n 1 • chiefly West, esp Rocky Mts

      parkway n 3 • scattered, but esp Missip-Ohio Valleys, West (MAP)

      partida n • West

      *passion mark n • scattered, but less freq NEng, Upper Missip Valley, West (MAP)

      peach oak n 2 • West

      peavine n 1b(4) • West

      peavine n 1b(7) • chiefly West

      peck, on the adj phr • chiefly West

      peddle v a • chiefly Nth, West, Mid Atl (MAP)

      peeler n2 2 • West

      penoche n • chiefly NEast, N Cent, West (MAP)

      pial n, v • West

      pick v 6 • West

      picket pin n • West

      pick up v phr 1 • chiefly NEast, N Cent, West (MAP)

      piece n 8 • chiefly N Midl, West (MAP)

      piece v 1 • chiefly N Midl, West (MAP)

      pigging string n • chiefly West

      pike v2 1 • chiefly West

      pile driver n 2 • West

      pilgrim n 1a • esp West

      pill n 1 • scattered, but chiefly NCent, Cent, West (MAP)

      pimp stick n • esp Nth, West (MAP)

      pincushion n 1d • West

      pine grass n 1 • West

      pine nut n • West

      pin grass n 1 • West

      pinkets n • West

      pinto adj • orig SW; now widespread, but more freq West (MAP)

      piss ant n 2 • scattered, but esp West

      pitch n1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      pitch v 3 • chiefly West

      *pith n • widespread, but less freq Nth, West (MAP)

      placer n • West

      plant v 2 • esp West

      *plastered adj • widespread, but less freq W Midl, West (MAP)

      playa n • West, esp SW

      plunge n • West

      pocket n 4 • West, esp CA, NV

      *Podunk n 1 • scattered, but less freq C and S Atl, West (MAP)

      point n, v B1 • West

      point n, v C1 • West

      pointer n 1 • esp West

      pointer n 2 • West

      poison camas n • West

      poisonweed n 1 • West

      poke n1 1b(1) • scattered, but esp freq West

      pollywog n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Nth, West (MAP)

      pooch n2 • West

      poop v, n • widespread, but more freq NEng, NY, Gt Lakes, S Atl, West (MAP)

      pop v1 1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West

      *poplar n B1 • widespread, but less freq West

      popper n1 • chiefly West

      pop-the-whip n • chiefly Sth, Lower Missip Valley, West (MAP)

      pottery n1 • scattered, but chiefly West

      pour v, n B1a • chiefly Sth, Midl, West (MAP)

      povertyweed n c • West

      povertyweed n h • West

      prairie coal n • West

      prairie dog n • chiefly West (MAP)

      prairie feathers n pl • West

      prairie lily n 2 • West

      prat n • esp Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      *preach v • widely scattered, but less freq NEast, West (MAP)

      prisoner’s base n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      proboscis n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      proddy adj • esp West

      prod, on the adj phr • chiefly West

      pull one’s freight v phr 1 • chiefly West

      punch v 1 • West

      puncher n 2 • West

      puncture vine n • West, esp CA (MAP)

      pungle v • chiefly West

      push broom n • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      pusher n 1 • scattered, but esp freq West

      push little ducks in the water, mean enough to adj phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP)

      quadrille n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      quinine bush n • West

      quirt n • chiefly West, esp SW

      *quit v 1 • widespread, but less freq NEast, West

      rabbit brush n • West

      rabbit bush n • West

      rabbit drive n • West

      rag house n • chiefly West

      rain gutter n • scattered, but esp West (MAP)

      ramrod n • chiefly S Midl, West (MAP)

      ranahan n • West

      ranch n • chiefly West (MAP)

      ranch egg n • West

      rancher n • chiefly West

      ranch fried potatoes n pl • scattered, but esp West

      ranchman n • West

      rancho n • West

      range, go over the v phr • West

      rattlesnake weed n 1g • West

      rattleweed n b • West

      rattleweed n d • West

      rawhide v 2 • chiefly West

      red bean n • scattered, but more freq Gulf States, West, Missip-Ohio Valleys (MAP)

      red-breasted teal n • chiefly West

      red-neck n 4 • chiefly N Midl, West (MAP)

      rick v • chiefly W Midl, West (MAP)

      ride v1 B2b(1) • chiefly West

      ride v1 B2b(2) • West

      ride v1 B3a • West

      ride v1 B3b • chiefly West

      ride v1 B9 • West

      riffle n1 • chiefly West, esp CA

      riffle, make the v phr • orig chiefly West, esp CA; later more widespread

      riley adj 1 • Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      rim-fire n • West

      rimrock v • West

      ringy adj • chiefly West

      rock on the chest n • West

      rockrose n 4 • West

      rock squirrel n • West, esp TX

      rock wall n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP)

      Rocky Mountain bee plant n • West

      rodeo n B • orig chiefly West, esp TX; now more widely recognized (MAP)

      roller towel n • chiefly Nth, Midl, West

      romal n • West

      rotten-logging vbl n • West

      rough adj 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP)

      rough lock n • chiefly West

      rough-lock v 1 • chiefly West

      rough string n • West

      roundup n • West

      rubber boa n • West, esp CA

      run v B10   • West

      run v B2 • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      running iron n • West

      runs n pl • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      run sheep run n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      rustle v A1 • formerly chiefly West, now widespread

      rustle v A2b • chiefly West

      rustle v A3 • formerly chiefly West, now widespread

      rustle v B2 • chiefly West

      rustler n 3 • formerly West, now widespread

      rusty adj1 • West

      sabina n2 • West

      saddle band n • West

      saddle bum n • chiefly West

      sage n 2 • chiefly West

      sagebrush n 1 • chiefly West (MAP)

      sagebrusher n • West

      salmonfly n • West

      salmon trout n 1c • orig West; now also Gt Lakes

      salmon trout n 1d • West, esp AK

      salmon trout n 1e • West

      salt v • orig West

      salt grass n a(3) • West

      salt sage n 1 • West

      salty adj 2 • West

      *salute n • scattered, but more freq NEast, rare West (MAP)

      sancho n2 • West

      sandburr n 1 • chiefly West, Upper MW, N Cent, C Atl

      sand lily n • West

      satin grass n • West

      sauce n (pronc) • chiefly Inland Nth, N Cent, West |sɑs|

      saucedish n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      sawbuck n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      sawbuck n 2 • West

      scallyhoot v • esp West

      scarlet bugler n • West

      scarlet paintbrush n • West

      schnozzle n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      scorpionweed n 2 • chiefly West

      scratch v 2 • West

      scratch grass n 2 • West

      seep n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West

      semi n • scattered, but chiefly N Cent, Upper MW, West (MAP)

      serape n • chiefly West, esp SW

      *seven-year itch n 1 • scattered, but less freq NEast, West (MAP)

      shade v • chiefly West

      she-stuff n • West

      shock n1 1 • chiefly Midl, Sth, West (MAP)

      shoes, throw up one’s v phr • chiefly Nth, West

      shoestring potato n • scattered, but esp West, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)

      short bit n • esp West

      shove v 2 • West

      show house n • scattered, but esp West, WI (MAP)

      sick time n • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      sideways n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP)

      sift v 1 • West

      single-fire adj • West

      single jack n • West

      single-rigged adj • West

      sinker n 2b • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      *sitter n • scattered exc NEast, West (MAP)

      six-shooter coffee n • West

      sizzler n 3 • scattered, but chiefly NEast, N Cent, West (MAP)

      skew- pref d • scattered, but esp freq West (MAP)

      skin v B1 • scattered, but somewhat more freq S Midl, West (MAP)

      skinner n 1 • chiefly West

      sky pilot n 2 • West

      sky west and crooked adv phr, adj phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West

      slaunchwise adj, adv • scattered, but chiefly W Midl, West (MAP)

      sleeper n 1 • West

      sleeper v • West

      sleep in v phr • widespread, but chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      slick n 2 • West

      slick-ear n • West

      slick saddle n • West

      slip n2 1 • esp West (MAP)

      slow elk n • West

      sluice n • chiefly West, esp CA, AR

      smooth mouth n • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys, West

      snail v • West

      snake n 1a(1) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP)

      snake n 3a • scattered, but more freq Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      snake piss n • chiefly West

      snaky adj 1 • West

      snipe n 8 • chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      snoozer n • West

      snowberry n 1 • esp West

      snowshed n • West

      snuffy adj • West

      so exclam a • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West; also S Atl (MAP)

      soak n1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      soapbush n 1 • West

      sodbuster n 2 • orig chiefly West, now more widespread

      soldier v C • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      son-of-a-bitch in a sack n • West

      son-of-a-bitch stew n • West, esp TX (MAP)

      *soo exclam a • widely scattered, but rare NEast, C Atl, West (MAP)

      sop n 1 • chiefly W Midl, SE, West exc TX (MAP)

      sourdough n 1 • orig chiefly West; now widely known (MAP)

      souse n1 C4 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      speakeasy n • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      spew v 2 • formerly chiefly Sth, S Midl, West; now more widespread (MAP)

      spiritual wife n • chiefly West, esp UT

      split the blanket(s) v phr • Sth, S Midl, West

      split the wind v phr • esp freq Nth, West

      spoil v C1 • chiefly West

      spoiled adj 1 • chiefly W Midl, Lower Missip Valley, West (MAP)

      spotlight v • scattered, but chiefly West, Mid Atl (MAP)

      spotted pup n • esp West

      sprangletop n 1 • esp West

      spread n 2 • chiefly West

      spreader dam n • chiefly West

      squaw hitch n 1 • West

      squeezer n • West

      squeeze the apple v phr • West

      stage n • esp Nth, West

      stamp iron n • West

      statues n pl 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      step across v phr • chiefly West

      *stick v 1 • widespread, but less freq Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      stoneboat n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      straight pen n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      stray man n • West

      string n B1 • West

      string n B2 • West

      stub camp n • West

      stuff n • West

      sugan n 2 • chiefly West, esp Rocky Mts, SW (MAP)

      sugar foot n 1 • esp Sth, West

      sulky plow n • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      summer wood n • chiefly Nth, West

      sunfish v • West

      *superhighway n • widespread exc West (MAP)

      surface coal n • West

      swamp blueberry n b • AK, West

      swamp cooler n • chiefly West, esp SW

      *swamp iris n • widespread exc West

      swamper n 3 • chiefly West

      swamper n 4 • scattered, but esp West

      swap ends v phr 2a • Sth, West

      swather n • chiefly Upper MW, West (MAP)

      sweet corn n • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl; also West (MAP)

      sweet pea n 2b • widespread, but more freq West

      *sweet pepper n 1 • widespread, but less freq West (MAP)

      sweet sage n • West

      swing n 2 • West

      *tadpole n 1 • widespread, but somewhat less freq N Atl, West (MAP)

      tag-tail n • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)

      tail v1 1 • West, esp TX

      tail v1 5 • chiefly West

      tail rider n • chiefly West

      take up v phr 2 • esp Midl, West

      tallboy n 1 • chiefly Sth, West

      tamarack n 1 • chiefly Nth, West

      tapadero n • esp West

      *tar n1 B1 • widespread, but infreq NEng, West (MAP)

      tarantula juice n • West

      taw line n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP)

      teeter-totter n 1 • chiefly Inland Nth, Missip-Ohio Valleys, West (MAP)

      tenderfoot n • chiefly West

      ten-gallon hat n • orig chiefly West; now widely recognized

      tennie n • scattered, but chiefly wGt Lakes, IA, West exc NW (MAP)

      tennie-runner n • scattered, but chiefly West, esp NW

      think box n • chiefly West

      throat dog n • West

      throwback n • West

      thumb v • West

      thunder egg n • chiefly West, esp OR

      thunder mug n • widespread, but chiefly NEast, Upper Missip Valley, West (MAP)

      tie-down n • chiefly West

      timber wolf n 1 • chiefly Nth, West

      toad n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      tobaccoroot n • West

      *tobacco spitter n • scattered, but less freq N Atl, Gulf States, West (MAP)

      tom n1 1 • chiefly West

      tommyknocker n • chiefly West

      top v 3 • West

      toper n • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      top screw n • West

      trade rat n • West

      trail v 2 • chiefly West

      transport n • chiefly Missip Valley, West, Gulf States, Gt Lakes, Upstate NY (MAP)

      tug n 1 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, Missip Valley, West (MAP and Map Section)

      tumbleweed n • chiefly West

      tuna n1 • West, esp TX, CA

      twist n 2 • scattered, but chiefly Inland Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      twister n 4 • West

      two-step n • esp N Cent, West (MAP)

      *umbrella n A2b (pronc) • widespread, but less freq Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      under ditch adj phr, adv phr • chiefly West

      unsight unseen adv phr, adj phr • chiefly Nth, West (MAP)

      unwind v • West

      vamoose v 2 • West

      vamos v 1 • chiefly West, esp TX

      velvetweed n 2 • West

      vent n • West

      vent v1 • West

      vinegar fly n • chiefly NEast, N Cent, West (MAP)

      vino n • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West, esp CA

      W n • West

      waddy n 1a • West

      waken v • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      walk down v phr • West

      walking ppl adj • West

      wallet n 2 • widespread, but more freq NEast, N Cent; also Sth, West (MAP)

      war bag n • scattered, but chiefly West

      war whoop n • chiefly West

      washateria n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, West, esp TX, LA

      water camp n • West

      water gap n 3 • Sth, West

      watermaster n • West

      water skeeter n • chiefly West

      water witch n 4 • scattered, but chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys, West (MAP)

      water witch v phr • scattered, but chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys, West (MAP)

      wattle n2 • West, esp Rocky Mts (MAP)

      web n • esp West

      weedy adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP)

      wet adj 2 • chiefly Sth, West (MAP)

      whacker n • esp West

      white mule n • scattered, but esp freq Midl, West (MAP)

      wickiup n • chiefly West

      wide place in the road n • chiefly Midl, Sth, West (MAP)

      widow-maker n 2 • scattered, but esp West

      *wiener n • widespread, but less freq Atlantic, West (MAP)

      wienie n • widespread, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, N Cent, West (MAP)

      wild bean n 1f • West, esp MT

      wild candytuft n 1 • West

      wild daisy n 2a(1) • chiefly West

      wild hay n • widespread, but more freq Upper MW, West (MAP)

      wild lettuce n 6 • West

      wild onion n 2b • West

      willow fly n 2 • West, esp CO (MAP)

      windy n • esp West

      wiretail n • West

      woody adj • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West (MAP)

      woollies n pl1 2 • West

      woolly n1 1 • esp West

      wool tromper n • West

      wrangatang n • West

      wrangle v • West

      wrangle horse n • West

      wrangler n • West

      wrango n • West

      wreck pan n • West

      wring-tail n • West

      yap n • scattered, but chiefly Nth, West (MAP)

      yonder n Db • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West

      your guys'(s) adj phr, pron • chiefly Nth, West

      zori n • esp HI, West

      zulu car n • West

West Africa(n) See Africa(n), West

West Indian

      man n C2 • [..also characteristic of West Indian Creoles..]

      pickaninny n • [W Afr and W Indian Creoles, of Span or Port origin; OED2 1657 ➝]

West Midland

      Andy-over n, exclam • chiefly W Midl (MAP)

      belly-buster n, adv 1 • chiefly W Midl, Rocky Mts, NW (MAP)

      belly-buster n, adv 2 • chiefly Sth, W Midl, Cent (MAP and Map Section)

      blaze-face n 1 • chiefly Sth, W Midl

      blind tiger n 1 • chiefly Sth, W Midl (MAP and Map Section)

      blinky adj 1a • chiefly W Midl, Plains States, SW (MAP)

      bottom n 1a • chiefly Sth, W Midl (MAP)

      box supper n • chiefly W Midl, TX (MAP)

      buck ague n 1 • chiefly W Midl, Gulf States (MAP)

      buddy v • chiefly W Midl, Sth

      bug n1 14e • W Midl, Sth

      careless weed n 1 • chiefly W Midl, SW (MAP)

      chalk n1 • chiefly Gulf States, scattered W Midl (MAP)

      change off v phr • chiefly W Midl, Missip Valley

      chank v • chiefly W Midl, NEast

      chicken fixings n pl 1 • formerly W Midl

      clamp v1 • chiefly W Midl (MAP)

      cone n 1 • chiefly W Midl (MAP)

      country n B2a • scattered, but chiefly W Midl (MAP)

      cowcumber n • scattered, but esp W Midl, LA (MAP)

      crawfish v 2 • chiefly Sth, W Midl, Pacific NW (MAP)

      crib n1 1 • chiefly W Midl, Gulf States (MAP)

      *finagle v A • widespread, but less freq W Midl (MAP)

      French harp n 1 • chiefly W Midl, TX, Cent (MAP)

      *frying pan n 1 • widespread exc W Midl (MAP)

      grayback n 2a • scattered, but esp W Midl, West (MAP)

      hedge apple n • chiefly W Midl (MAP)

      *high beam n 2 • widespread, but less freq Sth, W Midl (MAP)

      Johnson grass n 1 • chiefly Sth, West, W Midl

      keeps n pl 1 • scattered, but chiefly West, W Midl (MAP)

      knuck n1 2a • esp W Midl (MAP)

      lagging line n • chiefly West, Gulf States, W Midl, esp sIL (MAP)

      larruping adj 1 • esp W Midl, TX, OK (MAP)

      live in adultery v phr • scattered, but chiefly W Midl, S Atl (MAP)

      mango n 2 • chiefly W Midl (MAP)

      *mouth harp n 1 • scattered, but less freq NEast, W Midl (MAP and Map Section)

      oats n pl 1 • chiefly W Midl (MAP)

      pallet n • chiefly Sth, W Midl, SW (MAP)

      pie supper n • chiefly W Midl (MAP)

      *pit n2 1a • widespread, but somewhat less freq Mid and S Atl, W Midl (MAP)

      *plastered adj • widespread, but less freq W Midl, West (MAP)

      play-party n • chiefly W Midl, TX (MAP)

      poison sumac n • chiefly NEast, N Cent, W Midl (MAP)

      polish up v phr • scattered, but esp Inland Sth, W Midl; also NEast (MAP)

      rather n • chiefly Sth, W Midl (MAP)

      rick v • chiefly W Midl, West (MAP)

      roost n 1 • chiefly Gulf States, SC, TX, W Midl, esp IN (MAP)

      salt-rising n • scattered, but more freq W Midl, Gt Lakes (MAP)

      shovel plow n • scattered, but chiefly W Midl (MAP)

      slaunchwise adj, adv • scattered, but chiefly W Midl, West (MAP)

      sop n 1 • chiefly W Midl, SE, West exc TX (MAP)

      sop n 3 • esp Inland Nth, W Midl (MAP)

      spoiled adj 1 • chiefly W Midl, Lower Missip Valley, West (MAP)

      sticktight n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Inland Nth, W Midl (MAP)

      *string bean n • widespread, but somewhat less freq W Midl (MAP)

      toot v, n3 • chiefly N Cent, W Midl, Gulf States (MAP)

      trotline n 1 • chiefly Gulf States, W Midl, Cent, TX, SC (MAP)

      tush n C1 • formerly widespread, now chiefly Sth, W Midl, Cent, TX; scattered NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)

      wheel n 2 • scattered, but esp W Midl, SW (MAP)

      wood tick n 1 • scattered, but esp freq Nth, N Midl, Rocky Mts, Pacific; also W Midl (MAP)

      woolly worm n • scattered, but chiefly W Midl, Missip-Ohio Valleys, TX (MAP)

west of Mississippi River See Mississippi River, west of

West Virginia

      ackempucky n • WV

      arch n 4 • MD, VA, WV

      belling vbl n2 • now chiefly wPA, WV, OH, IN, MI (MAP)

      berm n 3 • chiefly PA, OH, IN, WV (MAP)

      blister pine n • esp WV

      *bundle n B1 • widespread exc wMD, sPA, WV (MAP)

      cracky wagon n • esp PA, WV

      farmer match n • chiefly Upper MW, Gt Lakes, NY, WV (MAP)

      F.D.R. n • WV

      filth n • sAppalachians, esp WV

      gravy n 2 • scattered, but more freq Nth, N Midl, WV (MAP)

      hanover n 1 • esp WV, VA, MD

      hobby n 1 • chiefly eKY, seOH, sWV

      hope to my die, I exclam • WV, KY

      jassack n • scattered, but esp WV (MAP)

      jim v 1 • esp WV

      last-go-trade n • chiefly Mid and S Atl, WV (MAP)

      lather down, keep one’s v phr • esp WV (MAP)

      piece meal n • esp NC, VA, WV, Ohio Valley

      post-and-rail fence n • chiefly NJ, Delmarva, WV, KY, OH, scattered NEng (MAP)

      red dog n • chiefly wPA, WV, OH (MAP)

      ribey adj • sAppalachians, esp WV

      Robin Hood’s barn, go (all the way) around v phr • scattered, but chiefly Nth, N Midl, C Atl, WV (MAP)

      route n A2 • scattered, but chiefly IL, OH, wPA, WV, MD (MAP)

      route n B1 • chiefly NEast, WV, OH, IL, C Atl (MAP and Map Section)

      run n 1a • scattered, but chiefly wPA, OH, WV, MD (MAP)

      sheaf n • widespread, but esp PA, MD, WV, OH (MAP)

      shellbark hickory n • esp NJ, PA, WV, N Cent (MAP)

      shouting Methodist n • scattered, but esp C Atl, PA, OH, WV (MAP)

      skillpot n • esp DC, MD, VA, WV (MAP)

      skitters n • chiefly PA, MD, WV, OH (MAP)

      slicky slide n • chiefly S Midl, esp WV

      smearcase n • chiefly N Midl, esp PA, OH, MD, WV (MAP)

      snuff rubber n • esp DE, MD, PA, WV (MAP)

      stove v2 4 • esp wPA, OH, WV

      sugar camp n • chiefly N Cent, WV, wPA (MAP)

      Sweet Lucy n 1 • chiefly WV, Ohio Valley, wGulf States (MAP)

      table n • esp WV, VA (MAP)

      timber fly n • esp WV (MAP)

      to prep B6 • chiefly WV

      tournament n B • MD, VA, WV

      turnplow n • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States, WV (MAP)

      two-dollar stove, smoke like a v phr • esp WV

      water maple n c • esp KY, WV

      whinny n, v 1 • chiefly Nth, sNJ, WV (MAP)

      X’s-and-O’s n • esp N Cent, PA, WV (MAP)

      yellow linn n • chiefly WV

      yew pine n 1 • chiefly WV

White  

      badmouth v • esp among Black and young White speakers

      be v B1f • esp freq among Blacks; occas among Whites in the Sth

fact n, v A1 • Note: Among Black and some White speakers, this may be of independent formation rather than
Scots origin.

      faggot n • Faggot is more freq among Blacks, fag among Whites

      nigger n1 B1a • Used in a depreciatory sense by White speakers

      nigger n1 B1c • Used in a relatively neutral or affectionate sense by White speakers

Wisconsin

      baga n • chiefly MI, WI, MN (MAP)

      Berliner n • esp WI

      biffy n • chiefly Upper MW and WI (MAP)

      bluff n1 b • chiefly ND, WI

      booya n • MI, WI, MN

      borrows exclam • esp MI, WI, MN

      brat n2 • esp WI

      bratwurst n • Ger settlement areas, esp WI

      bubbler n 2 • Nth, N Midl; esp freq in WI

      bug n1 6 • scattered, but esp MI, WI

      captain may I n • WI

      cat and mouse n 1 • chiefly Upper MW, WI, Cent (MAP)

      cherry soup n • esp WI

      Chicago n B2 • WI, MN, ND

      Chicago fire n • WI

      chocolate mouse n • esp WI

      Christmas fool n • WI, MN, ND, areas of Norw settlement

      cisco fly n • WI

      cluck v • Nth, esp PA, WI, Upper MW

      copperhead snake n 2 • chiefly WI, MI

      coulee n 1c • chiefly WI, MN, MT, ND, WY

      court whist n • WI

      *covered-dish meal n • widespread exc Pacific, Upper MW, WI, MI (MAP)

      cry-eye exclam • esp MI, WI

      czarnina n • Pol settlement areas, esp WI

      eye stitcher n • WI

      fall downstairs v phr • chiefly WI

      fattigmanns bakkels n • chiefly in Scan settlement areas, esp MN, WI

      fifty n • IL, MI, WI

      fire snake n • WI

      flowage n • esp WI

      fox farm, ready for the adj phr • chiefly WI

      German potato salad n • chiefly Gt Lakes, N Cent, esp WI (MAP)

      ghost pipe n 1 • esp WI

      golden birthday n • esp WI

      Green Bay fly n • chiefly WI, neMI

      halt’s maul v phr • WI

      hand cheese n • chiefly German settlement areas, esp WI

      heinie n1 2 • esp MN, WI

      hodag n2 • chiefly WI, MI, MN

      hornet n • csWI

      hot dish n 1 • esp MI, WI, MN, ND (MAP)

      inso interrog exclam • WI

      ish intj • esp MN, WI

      ishy adj • esp MN, WI

      jackpine savage n • esp MN, WI

      julebukk n • WI, MN, ND in Norw settlement areas

      jumper n 12 • esp WI

      Juneberry n 1 • chiefly MI, MN, WI; also PA (MAP)

      kermis(s) n • chiefly ceWI

      Kilby n • csWI, in Swiss settlement area

      kittenball n • IA, MN, WI

      kolacky n • chiefly WI, Upper MW (MAP)

      kram n • esp WI

      kram v • esp WI

      kringle n • Scan settlement areas, esp WI

      krumkake n • chiefly MN, WI

      lannon stone n • WI

      lawyer n B4 • esp MI, MN, WI (MAP)

      leeky adj • MI, WI

      lefse n • Norw settlement areas, esp MN, WI

      limpa n • chiefly IL, MN, ND, WI

      little n C2 • Ger settlement areas, esp PA, WI

      lutefisk n • chiefly Upper MW, WI, nwIL (MAP)

      maybell n 1 • esp WI

      menominee n • chiefly MI, MN, WI

      minnow n B2e • esp MN, WI

      mousie n 1 • esp WI, MN

      noodle v2 • WI

      Norski n • chiefly MI, WI, Upper MW, Pacific NW (MAP)

      northern n 1 • chiefly MN, WI (MAP)

      Norway pine n • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes, esp MI, WI, MN (MAP)

      oak opening n • chiefly wGt Lakes, esp WI, MI

      paczki n • in Polish settlement areas, esp MI, WI

      pannicake n • chiefly Nth, esp NY, WI

      parky n2 • NYC, IL, WI

      pen barn n • MI, WI

      picnic n • WI

      pin cherry n 1 • Nth, esp MI, MN, WI (MAP)

      pine snake n 2 • esp MI, WI

      poig exclam (pronc) • esp WI |pɔɪk, puik| (MAP)

      poig exclam • scattered, but esp WI, MI, MN (MAP)

      primost n • esp WI, MN

      red-hot poker n 2 • WI

      rock rattlesnake n a • WI

      rommegrot n • esp MN, WI

      rosette n • chiefly WI, MN

      rumpelkammer n • esp WI

      sandbakkels n • MN, WI

      sand violet n • esp NEng, WI

      sauerkraut n 3 • esp WI

      schafskopf n • chiefly WI (MAP)

      schlacht n • esp WI

      schnittlauch n • esp WI

      sewing needle n • esp MI, WI, MN, MA (MAP and Map Section)

      sheepshead n 5 • chiefly WI (MAP)

      shine n 3 • esp MI, WI

      shine v • scattered, but chiefly MI, WI, MN (MAP)

      show house n • scattered, but esp West, WI (MAP)

      skew- pref b • chiefly Nth, esp NY, MI, WI (MAP)

      sleigh n 1 • chiefly Inland Nth, esp MI, WI, MN (MAP)

      slippery jim n • chiefly WI (MAP)

      sliver cat n • esp WI

      slobberhannes n • esp WI

      slusher n • esp WI

      smear n 2 • chiefly MI, WI, MN (MAP)

      snake n 7 • esp WI

      snit n • chiefly wGt Lakes, esp WI

      snoose n1 • chiefly Pacific NW, Rocky Mts, Upper MW, WI (MAP)

      sorry adj (pronc) • esp MN, WI |ˈsori|

      spanferkel n • in German settlement areas, esp WI

      squad car n • scattered, but esp IL, WI (MAP)

      squeaky cheese n • chiefly Nth, esp WI

      starlight, moonlight n • Upper MW, WI

      start v 2 • WI

      storm windows n pl • esp Upper MW, WI

      suelze n • chiefly Ger settlement areas, esp WI

      supper club n • chiefly Gt Lakes, esp WI

      swamp auger n 2 • esp WI

      swamp hook n • chiefly Nth, esp MI, WI

      sweet soup n • WI, Upper MW

      tavern belly n • esp WI

      then adv B • esp MN, WI

      tote v A2b • Nth, esp ME, WI

      travoy n • esp MI, WI

      travoy v • MI, WI

      tree bank n • esp IL, WI

      tree border n • WI, CT

      tree terrace n • esp WI

      trippe n • chiefly ceWI

      trunk n 2 • chiefly N Cent, Upper MW, esp WI (MAP)

      trustee n • IL, IA, OH, WI

      uff-da exclam, n • orig in Norw settlement areas, esp MN, WI

      wapatuli n • orig chiefly WI, MN; now more widespread

      Washington poke n • chiefly MN, WI

      whoopensocker n • chiefly WI

      winter potato n • WI

      woodchuck case n • WI, MN

      ya hey intj • esp WI, MI, MN

Wolof

      Sambo n1 • [From a personal name of Afr origin; cf Wolof Samb(a)..]

women; also female

      agree to disagree v phr 2 • esp freq among women, joc

      aunt n B5 • euphem, esp among female speakers

      brat n1 • esp among women

      buck n1 2e • somewhat old-fash; esp among women

      curse, the n • esp common among women, young and mid-aged speakers, and coll educ speakers

      drat v • esp among educ speakers and women; euphem

      fall n 4 • chiefly among young, well-educ, urban women

      finger towel n • chiefly among women

      fudge intj • esp freq among women

      icky adj • esp freq among young and mid-aged speakers and among women (MAP)

      kitty n 3 • esp freq among women (MAP)

      law n2, intj • esp freq among women

      mother dear n • chiefly among women (MAP)

      Ph.D., get one’s v phr • esp freq among women

      pillow sham n • esp freq among women

      poach v A1 (pronc) • esp freq..among women (MAP)

      powder room n • somewhat more freq among women (MAP)

      rent n2 • esp freq among women

      suz intj • esp freq among women

      togs n pl • somewhat old-fash; esp freq among women

      upchuck v • esp freq among mid-aged and younger speakers, among coll educ speakers, and among women

Wyoming

      buck fence n • now esp CO, WY

      coulee n 1c • chiefly WI, MN, MT, ND, WY

      dout v • chiefly UT, WY

      hunyak n 2 • MT, ND, SD, WY