Common American slang from the 1850s

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Common American slang from the 1850s.from Chub

Lingeress

on Chubarchived Oct 19, 2026

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New to making Lorebooks.

For use with my Gold Rush bot. Useful for Wild West frontier-type bots. Probably. If I set this Lorebook up properly.

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Listed as “1850's Slang”

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Last checked on Chub: Oct 23, 2026Created Apr 20, 2026Updated Apr 20, 2026Archived since Oct 19, 2026

Common American slang from the 1850s

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Common slang from the 1850s for American Wild West scenarios.

I'm inexperienced making Lorebooks, so if something isn't working properly, that would likely be why.

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#1ankle-biter
Keys: , children, kid, child, kids
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ankle-biter: A child.
#2betty
Keys: , domestic chores, women's work, man doing women's work, domestic work, chores
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betty: A man who does a woman's work.
#3blowhard
Keys: bragging, braggart, , bragger, boasting, boastful
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blowhard: A talkative braggart.
#4boondoggle
Keys: leather braid, , gadget, braided leather
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boondoggle: A gadget, especially something braided from leather.
#5boy
Keys: , men, male, man
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boy: Form of address to a male in the South.
#6buck
Keys: , bill, bills, dollars, dollar bills, dollar, dollar bill
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buck: A dollar.
#7bull
Keys: policeman, , policemen, police
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bull: A policeman.
#8bum
Keys: bad, no good,
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bum: Bad, no good.
#9chow
Keys: food
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chow: Food.
#10clothes horse
Keys: , fashion obsessed, obsessed with fashion, fashion obsession, obsessed with clothing, fashionista, clothing obsession, clothing obsessed
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clothes horse: Someone obsessed with clothing.
#11dike
Keys: , prissy male, prissy man, well-dressed male, well-dressed, well-dressed man, prissy
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dike: A prissy, well-dressed male.
#12dog-gone
Keys: , god damn, annoyed, surprised, annoyance, surprise, damn
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dog-gone: Emphatic adjective.
#13dope
Keys: , moron, stupid, foolish, idiot, fool
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dope: A stupid or foolish person.
#14dough
Keys: , money, moolah, cash
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dough: Money.
#15drag
Keys: squelcher
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drag: A squelcher.
#16dry up
Keys: , go silent, go quiet, cease talking, grow silent, grow quiet, stop talking
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dry up: To stop talking.
#17dyke
Keys: , prissy male, prissy man, well-dressed male, well-dressed, well-dressed man, prissy
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dyke: A prissy, well-dressed male.
#18joint
Keys: , opium den
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joint: An opium den.
#19kick-off
Keys: beginning, , start
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kick-off: The beginning.
#20Let her rip!
Keys: , start it up, release it, start it
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Let her rip!: Start it up, release it.
#21mess
Keys: annoy, , bother
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mess: Bother, annoy.
#22nark
Keys: , tattletale, informer, tattle-tale
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nark: An informer, a tattle-tale.
#23nickel
Keys: , 5-cent piece, 5-cent coin, five cents, 5 cents, five cent coin, five cent piece
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nickel: A 5-cent piece.
#24nipper
Keys: , little boy, young boy, boy
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nipper: A little boy.
#25ornery
Keys: mean
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ornery: Mean.
#26play hooky
Keys: miss out, not attend, ditch out,
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play hooky: To miss, to not attend.
#27sawbuck
Keys: , ten dollars, 10 bucks, ten dollar bill, 10 dollars, 10-dollar bill, ten bucks
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sawbuck: 10-dollar bill.
#28spiffy
Keys: , dressed up, dressy
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spiffy: Dressed up.
#29spunk up
Keys: assert, confront, confronts, stand up to, asserts
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spunk up: To stand up to, assert oneself.
#30stink
Keys: , scandal, uproar
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stink: A scandal, uproar.
#31suck in
Keys: , defraud, sucker, trick, con
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suck in: To con.
#32skunk
Keys: , default, obligation failure, defaults, defaulted, breech of contract, failure to meet, fail to meet
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skunk: To fail to meet an obligation.
#33tear
Keys: move quickly, , move fast, fast, swift, quick
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tear: Move fast.
#34townie
Keys: resident
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townie: Permanent resident of a college town.
#35wet blanket
Keys: squelcher
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wet blanket: A squelcher.
#36clear out
Keys: exit, leave
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clear out: To leave.
#37hayseed
Keys: , country folk, unsophisticated, yokel, rural folk
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hayseed: A clumsy, unsophisticated person from the country.
#38grind
Keys: , routine, boring, repetitive
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grind: A boring, repetitive routine.
#39nobby
Keys: fashionable
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nobby: Fashionable.
#40canoodle
Keys: make out, hug, hug and kiss, kiss
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canoodle: To hug and kiss.
#41comeuppance
Keys: , karma, justice, just reward
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comeuppance: Just reward.
#42doggone
Keys: , god damn, annoyed, surprised, annoyance, surprise, damn
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doggone: Emphatic adjective.
#43cranky
Keys: short temper, irritable, short tempered, short-tempered
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cranky: Irritable, short-tempered.
#44catch
Keys: fine print, hidden condition on an offer
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catch: A hidden condition on an offer.
#45blue-blood
Keys: upper class, rich, wealthy, elite
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blue-blood: Rich, upper class.
#46poppycock
Keys: , drivel, gibberish, hogwash, nonsense, babble
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poppycock: Nonsense.
#47lily-livered
Keys: coward, cowardess, cowardly,
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lily-livered: Cowardly.
#48mooch
Keys: , cadge, freeload
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mooch: To freeload, sponge, cadge.
#49moocher
Keys: , dusty, cadger, sponger, freeloader
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moocher: A freeloader, sponger, cadger.
#50cad
Keys: , cheat, dishonorable, thief
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cad: A dishonorable man.

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