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trippe n • [Walloon tripe sausage]
tumpline n • [..cf Wampanoag (Mashpee) tåʹmpåm..]
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
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
flummery n • [Welsh llymru a gelatinous porridge of oatmeal or flour]
metheglin n • [Welsh meddyg medicinal + llyn liquor..]
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
man n C2 • [..also characteristic of West Indian Creoles..]
pickaninny n • [W Afr and W Indian Creoles, of Span or Port origin; OED2 1657 ➝]
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
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
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
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
Sambo n1 • [From a personal name of Afr origin; cf Wolof Samb(a)..]
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
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