Index to Geographic and Social Maps
A
- Adam’s apple (I wouldn’t know him from (a) _____.)
- Adam’s housecat (I wouldn’t know him from (a) _____.)
- Adam’s off-ox (I wouldn’t know him from (a) _____.)
- add-iron (Age)
- adobe (Local soil types)
- African-American (Terms for an African-American)
- Afro (A man’s haircut) (Age) (Race)
- aggie (Marbles by size or composition)
- all (All gone)
- all-ee all-ee (all) in free (What the one who is “it” calls out when he catches one who was hiding)
- all-ee all-ee out(s) in free (What the one who is “it” calls out when he catches one who was hiding)
- all-ee all-ee oxen (all in) free (What the one who is “it” calls out when he catches one who was hiding)
- alley (Kinds of playing marbles)
- all in (Not feeling quite right)
- ambrosia (Kinds of desserts favored here)
- American fried potatoes (Kinds of fried potatoes)
- Andy-over (Game in which a ball is thrown over a building to a player on the other side)
- angleworm (The common worm used as bait)
- antigodlin (Askew; out of line)
- anti-i-over (Game in which a ball is thrown over a building to a player on the other side)
- Antony-over (Game in which a ball is thrown over a building to a player on the other side)
- apples, eat dried (Pregnant; to be pregnant)
- appreciate (Thank you)
- Arkie (A rustic or countrified person)
- arroyo (A steep-sided valley)
- askew (Askew; out of line)
- ass-end-to (The wrong way round)
- ass from one’s elbow, not to know one’s (A person who seems very stupid: “He doesn’t know _____.”) (Community Type)
- at (Sick _____ one’s stomach)
- at outs (Age)
B
- babushka (A headscarf)
- baby buggy (A vehicle for a baby)
- baby cab (A vehicle for a baby)
- baby carriage (A vehicle for a baby)
- baby coach (A vehicle for a baby)
- backside-to (The wrong way round)
- bad man (The Devil)
- bag (To stay away from school without an excuse)
- baga (A rutabaga)
- baker’s bread (Bread not made at home) (Age)
- bale of hay (I wouldn’t know him from (a) _____.)
- bank (A place for keeping root vegetables through the winter)
- bar ditch (A ditch along the side of a graded road)
- barefooted (Coffee without cream or sugar)
- barlow knife (A large, folding pocket knife)
- barn burner (A kitchen match)
- barn lot (The fenced or open area around a barn)
- barn raising (Age)
- barnyard (The fenced or open area around a barn)
- bar pit (A ditch along the side of a graded road)
- barrow ditch (A ditch along the side of a graded road)
- barrow pit (A ditch along the side of a graded road)
- base (Where the one who is “it” has to wait while the others hide)
- basement (Basement or cellar)
- basket dinner (A potluck)
- basket social (A meeting called a ‘social’ or ‘sociable’)
- bateau (A rowboat holding no more than two people)
- bat hide (Age)
- batter bread (Kinds of cornbread)
- battercake (A pancake)
- bawl (The sound of distress made by a cow or calf; to make such a sound)
- bayou (A small stream)
- be (Race)
- bealing (When yellowish stuff comes out of a person’s ear, he has a _____.) (Age)
- beaner (Terms for a Mexican, Puerto Rican)
- bean(s) (The covering of peas, dry beans) (Beans you eat in the pod) (A lima bean) (Kinds of beans and peas grown locally) (A person who seems very stupid: “He doesn’t know _____.”) (Age)
- beans when the bag’s open, not to know (Age)
- bear claw (Kinds of pastries)
- beaucoup (An abundance; (something) in abundance)
- beau dollar (A silver dollar)(Race)
- bed covering (A covering for a bed)
- bed pot (A chamber pot)
- bedroom shoe (Soft shoe worn only indoors)
- Beelzebub (The Devil)
- beggar’s lice (Prickly seeds that cling to clothing)
- behind a dime (Race)
- bell a buzzard (Not enough sense to _____)
- belling (A noisy neighborhood celebration after a wedding)
- bellow (The sound of distress made by a cow or calf; to make such a sound)
- bell pepper (A large sweet pepper)
- belly-bump (To run with a sled and throw oneself down on it is a _____.)
- belly-bumper (To run with a sled and throw oneself down on it is a _____.)
- belly-buster (To run with a sled and throw oneself down on it is a _____.) (A bad dive that lands flat)
- belly-flop (To run with a sled and throw oneself down on it is a _____.) (A bad dive that lands flat)
- belly-gut (To run with a sled and throw oneself down on it is a _____.)
- belly-smacker (A bad dive that lands flat)
- belly-whopper (To run with a sled and throw oneself down on it is a _____.) (A bad dive that lands flat)
- bendy-bow (Flexible or thin ice)
- berm (The strip of grass between the sidewalk and the curb)
- B from (a) bull’s foot (A person who seems very stupid: “He doesn’t know _____.”)
- bid whist (Favorite card games) (Race)
- biffy (Names or joking names for an outdoor toilet building)
- big (Pregnant; to be pregnant)
- big daddy (A grandfather)
- Bigfoot (An imaginary creature, monster, or animal)
- big mamma (A grandmother)
- billy owl (Kinds of owls)
- biscuit (Breads made with wheat flour rather than cornmeal) (Son of a _____)
- biscuit-eater (Son of a _____)
- bismarck (Kinds of pastries) (A round, jelly-filled pastry)
- bitter (Milk with a taste from something the cow ate)
- blackbird (Terms for an African-American)
- black-eyed Susan (A black-eyed Susan)
- black fly (A tiny fly or similar insect that bites)
- black frost (A killing frost)
- black man (Outdoor games)
- black racer (Kinds of snakes around here)
- black runner (Kinds of snakes around here)
- blast (Age)
- blat (Noise made by a calf taken from its mother) (Noise made by a sheep)
- blate (Noise made by a calf taken from its mother) (Noise made by a sheep)
- bleat (Noise made by a calf taken from its mother)
- blind pig (A bar selling liquor illegally)
- blind tiger (A bar selling liquor illegally)
- blink (Age)
- blinky (Milk that is just starting to turn sour)
- bloodworm (The common worm used as bait)
- blue darter (Kinds of hawks)
- blue john (Milk that is just starting to turn sour)
- blue norther (Kinds of wind)
- bluenose (Terms for a Canadian)
- blue racer (Kinds of snakes around here)
- blue runner (Kinds of snakes around here)
- boat(s) (A rowboat holding no more than two people) (Age)
- bob (Sleighs for moving loads or people)
- bob calf (A calf sold for meat)
- bobsleigh (Sleighs for moving loads or people)
- Bohemian (Terms for a Czech, Bohemian, or Hungarian)
- bohunk (Terms for a Czech, Bohemian, or Hungarian)
- boiler (A large kettle for boiling food)
- bologna (Age)
- bone felon (A hard, painful swelling, often on a finger)
- bonnyclabber (Thick sour milk) (Age)
- boob (Age) (Education)
- booby owl (Kinds of owls)
- booger (A hobgoblin used to make children behave)
- boogerman (The Devil) (A hobgoblin used to make children behave)
- boot (A little extra from a seller)
- boozer (One who drinks steadily or a great deal)
- born in a barn (When someone behaves without manners: “You’d think he was _____.”)
- born in a sawmill (When someone behaves without manners: “You’d think he was _____.”) (Age)
- boss (A call to cows)
- bottled drink (A soft drink) (Age)
- bottom (Low or wet ground)
- bottomland (Low or wet ground)
- bought bread (Bread not made at home)
- boughten bread (Bread not made at home)
- boulder (Marbles by size or composition)
- boulevard (The separating area in the middle of a four-lane road) (The strip of grass between the sidewalk and the curb)
- bow-and-arrow (Terms for a Native American)
- boxing (House siding)
- box social (A meeting called a ‘social’ or ‘sociable’)
- box supper (A meeting called a ‘social’ or ‘sociable’)
- branch (A small stream)
- bran sack (A large burlap bag)
- brass ankle (People of mixed blood)
- bread (Kinds of cornbread) (Fried cornbread) (Bread not made at home) (Special kinds of bread) (Breads made with wheat flour rather than cornmeal) (Age) (Education)
- break one’s leg (Pregnant; to be pregnant)
- breastbone (Age)
- brier hook (A hand tool for cutting brush and weeds)
- brier hopper (A rustic or countrified person)
- brimstone match (A kitchen match) (Age)
- broken vein (Race)
- brook (A small stream)
- broom(s) (Kinds of brooms) (Race)
- brought up in a barn (When someone behaves without manners: “You’d think he was _____.”)
- brown bread (Special kinds of bread)
- brownie (Age) (Education)
- Brunswick stew (Favored local foods or foods others might not know)
- brush (A man’s haircut)
- buck (Son of a _____) (Age)
- buck ager(s) (Education)
- buck ague (A hunter’s nervous excitement at the sight of game)
- buckets (To rain heavily: “It’s raining _____.”)
- buck-eyed (Having prominent eyes) (Race)
- buck fever (A hunter’s nervous excitement at the sight of game)
- buckshot (Local soil types)
- buck up (Education)
- buffalo (A cow that has never had horns)
- bugeye (Age)
- bughouse (Community Type)
- bulkhead (An outside cellar entrance with sloping doors)
- bulldog toe (Age)
- bullfrogs (To rain heavily: “It’s raining _____.”)
- bull-in-the-ring (Outdoor games)
- bull’s-eye daisy (A black-eyed Susan)
- bull tongue (Kinds of plows)
- bum (Age)
- bunch bean (Kinds of beans and peas grown locally)
- bundle (Cut grain is tied up in _____.)
- bung-eyed (Having prominent eyes)
- bun in the oven, have a (Pregnant; to be pregnant)
- burdock (Prickly seeds that cling to clothing)
- burlap bag (A large burlap bag)
- burr (The thick outside covering of a walnut) (A man’s haircut)
- burrhead (Terms for an African-American)
- bush hook (A hand tool for cutting brush and weeds)
- bush scythe (A hand tool for cutting brush and weeds)
- bushwa (Age)
- butcher calf (A calf sold for meat)
- butter bean (A lima bean)
- butt-head (A cow that has never had horns)
- buttocks (Age) (Age)
- button, button, who’s got the button (Games with a hidden object)
- buzz (Age)
- buzzard roost (The upper balcony of a theater)
C
- cake turner (Kitchen tool for turning fried food) (Age)
- calf-rope, holler (I give up!)
- caliche (Local soil types)
- calling hours (The gathering before a funeral at the place where the body is)
- callithumpian (A noisy neighborhood celebration after a wedding) (Age)
- Canadian (Terms for a Canadian)
- Canadian soldier (The mayfly)
- candies (Cheap candies for children) (Candy on a stick for children to lick)
- Canuck (Terms for a Canadian)
- canyon (A steep-sided valley)
- cap (A circular metal lid on a wood-burning stove) (The green leaves on a strawberry)
- card game(s) (Favorite card games) (Age) (Sex) (Race) (Race) (Race)
- caretaker (One whose job is to take care of local roads)
- carpet, on the (Eager to marry)
- carry guts to a bear (Not enough sense to _____)
- carry-in (A potluck)
- castrate (To castrate an animal) (Age)
- cat (Bat-and-ball games)
- catabias (Askew; out of line)
- cat-and-dog fight (When a firecracker doesn’t go off, and you break it and light it in the middle, that’s a _____.)
- cat and mouse (Tick-tack-toe)
- catawampus (An imaginary creature, monster, or animal) (Something that has gotten out of proper shape) (Askew; out of line)
- catch colt (A child of unmarried parents)
- catercorner (Diagonal, diagonally)
- catfish stew (Favored local foods or foods others might not know)
- Catholic (Names or nicknames for religions or religious groups...Catholic) (Age) (Education) (Education)
- cat-licker (Names or nicknames for religions or religious groups...Catholic)
- cat shit, meaner than (Meaner than _____)
- cat’s-paw (Age) (Education)
- catty (A game in which a stick on the ground is flipped in the air and hit with a longer stick)
- catty-corner(ed) (Diagonal, diagonally)
- cave (An underground shelter) (A place for keeping root vegetables through the winter)
- cease (Of wind: to decrease)
- cellar (Basement or cellar)
- cellarway (An outside cellar entrance with sloping doors)
- chalk (Marbles by size or composition)
- chalkie (Age)
- chamber mug (A chamber pot) (Age)
- change (To castrate an animal) (Age)
- Charlie’s dead (Your slip is showing)
- cheeper (A treefrog)
- chess pie (Kinds of desserts favored here)
- chewers (Age)
- chicken corn soup (Favored local foods or foods others might not know)
- chic sale(s) (Names or joking names for an outdoor toilet building) (Education)
- chigger (A chigger)
- chimney (Education)
- chimney sweep (Kinds of swallows)
- chimney swift (Kinds of swallows)
- chinook (Kinds of wind)
- chip (Small pieces of wood used to start a fire)
- chitterlings (Favored local foods or foods others might not know)
- chocolate drop (Terms for an African-American)
- chocolate mouse (Cheap candies for children)
- chore time (The time to feed livestock, clean stalls, etc.)
- chowder (Favored local foods or foods others might not know)
- chuck (To throw (something))
- chunk (To throw (something))
- cig (Education)
- clabber (Thick sour milk)
- clabber cheese (Cottage cheese)
- clamp (To castrate an animal)
- clapboard (House siding)
- clear (Coffee without cream or sugar)
- clearseed (A peach with a hard center that comes out easily)
- clearstone (A peach with a hard center that comes out easily)
- clingstone (A peach with the hard center tight to the flesh)
- clunk (An old or broken-down car)
- coal oil (Fuel used in a lamp)
- cobbler (Kinds of desserts favored here)
- cobblestone (A rock or stone)
- co-boss(ie) (A call to cows)
- cock (A small pile of hay standing in the field)
- cockleburr (Prickly seeds that cling to clothing)
- cock of the woods (Joking names for woodpeckers)
- co-day (A call to sheep)
- coffin nail (A cigarette)
- coffin tack (A cigarette)
- cold cellar (A place for keeping root vegetables through the winter)
- cold drink (A soft drink)
- comfort (A covering for a bed)
- comfortable (A covering for a bed)
- comforter (A covering for a bed)
- commie (Marbles by size or composition)
- conjure (To cast a spell on a person)
- consarn (Age)
- continental (Age)
- cookie, toss one’s (To vomit)
- cool (Age) (Race) (Education)
- coon (Terms for an African-American)
- Coon Bottom (Nickname for a part of town, especially a poor neighborhood)
- cooter (Kinds of turtles)
- cork ball (Bat-and-ball games)
- corn (Corn suitable for eating)
- cornbread (Kinds of cornbread) (Fried cornbread)
- corn broom (Kinds of brooms)
- corn dodger (Kinds of cornbread)
- cornfield bean (Kinds of beans and peas grown locally)
- Cornish (Terms for a Cornish man/woman)
- cornmeal bread (Kinds of cornbread)
- corn stick (Kinds of cornbread)
- corral (The fenced or open area around a barn)
- corruption (The yellowish stuff that comes out of a boil)
- co-sheep(ie) (A call to sheep)
- cottage cheese (Cottage cheese)
- cottage fried potatoes (Kinds of fried potatoes)
- cottage pudding (Kinds of desserts favored here)
- cotton is low (Your slip is showing)
- cougar (Nicknames for the wildcat)
- counterpin (A covering for a bed)
- country (Race)
- country ham (Favored local foods or foods others might not know)
- country jake (A rustic or countrified person)
- countryman (A rustic or countrified person)
- cousin Jack (Terms for a Cornish man/woman)
- cousin Jenny (Terms for a Cornish man/woman)
- cover (A circular metal lid on a wood-burning stove)
- covered-dish meal (A potluck)
- coverlet (A covering for a bed)
- cow (If one quarter of a cow’s udder does not give milk, she’s _____.) (A cow that has never had horns) (Milk with a taste from something the cow ate) (A mark to identify a cow) (Noise made by a calf taken from its mother) (A calf sold for meat) (The sound of distress made by a cow or calf; to make such a sound) (A call to cows) (Age)
- co-wench (A call to cows)
- cow lot (The fenced or open area around a barn)
- cow yard (The fenced or open area around a barn)
- crab (A crayfish)
- crab-apple switch (Race)
- crab cake (Favored local foods or foods others might not know)
- crack (To fart)
- cracker (A rustic or countrified person)
- crackling bread (Kinds of cornbread)
- crack one’s side(s) (Race)
- crack up (Age) (Community Type)
- crawdad (A crayfish)
- crawfish (A crayfish)
- crawfish (land) (Low or wet ground)
- crayfish (A crayfish)
- crazy bone (Funny bone)
- cream cheese (Cottage cheese)
- creece (Greens, eaten raw or cooked)
- creek (A small stream)
- cress (Greens, eaten raw or cooked)
- cribbage (Favorite card games)
- cribbing (Education)
- crick (A small stream)
- cricket (A game in which a stick on the ground is flipped in the air and hit with a longer stick)
- Croatan (People of mixed blood)
- crockery (Marbles by size or composition)
- crocus sack (A large burlap bag)
- croker sack (A large burlap bag)
- cross-back (Names or nicknames for religions or religious groups...Catholic)
- crowder (Kinds of beans and peas grown locally)
- cruller (Kinds of pastries)
- Cuban sandwich (A sandwich in a long bun that’s a meal in itself)
- cuckleburr (Prickly seeds that cling to clothing)
- cup towel (A dish towel)
- curb strip (The strip of grass between the sidewalk and the curb)
- curd (Cottage cheese)
- curse, the (Sex)
- cut off (To put out (a fire or light))
- cutter (Sleighs for moving loads or people)
- cyclone cellar (An underground shelter)
- Czech (Terms for a Czech, Bohemian, or Hungarian)
D
- daddy loves you best, your (Your slip is showing)
- dago red (Nicknames for wine)
- damper (A circular metal lid on a wood-burning stove)
- Danish pastry (Kinds of pastries)
- danke schoen (Thank you)
- darning needle (A dragonfly)
- dauber (Age)
- deadbeat (To waste time, idle)
- dead cat on the line (Race)
- deaf (pronunciation) (Education)
- deef (pronunciation) (Education)
- deep-water Baptist (Names or nicknames for religions or religious groups...Protestant:)
- delirium tremens (Delirium tremens) (Age) (Community Type)
- dessert(s) (Kinds of desserts favored here) (Age) (Age)
- dessert toppings (Age)
- devil (The Devil) (Age)
- devil’s darning needle (A dragonfly)
- dew worm (The common worm used as bait)
- diagonal (Diagonal, diagonally)
- diarrhea (Diarrhea) (Age) (Sex)
- dig (Age)
- dinner on the ground(s) (A potluck)
- dip (Gravy) (Age)
- dipper (One who takes snuff)
- dirk (A large, folding pocket knife)
- dirt dauber (A wasp that builds a nest of mud)
- dirt, meaner than (Meaner than _____)
- dish wiper (A dish towel)
- ditch (To stay away from school without an excuse)
- dobe (Local soil types) (Marbles by size or composition)
- dob in the ring (Marble games)
- dog drunk (Very drunk) (Education) (Community Type)
- dog’s age, in a (Age)
- dollar (A silver dollar)(Age) (Age) (Age) (Race)
- donsie (Not feeling quite right) (Age)
- doodle (A small pile of hay standing in the field)
- dope (A soft drink) (Age)
- dornick (A rock or stone)
- dory (A rowboat holding no more than two people)
- doty (Wood that’s decaying inside is _____.)
- double shovel plow (Kinds of plows)
- doubletree (A doubletree)
- doughnut hole (Kinds of pastries)
- down-and-out (Not feeling quite right)
- (down) to the last notch (Age)
- dowser (A person who uses a forked stick to find water)
- dowsing rod (A forked stick used to find water underground)
- dozy (Wood that’s decaying inside is _____.)
- drag (Age)
- draggy (Not feeling quite right)
- dragonfly (A dragonfly)
- drag sled (A wheelless vehicle for dragging heavy loads, especially for dragging stones from a field)
- drat it (Sex)
- dratted (Sex)
- dray (A wheelless vehicle for dragging heavy loads, especially for dragging stones from a field)
- dress (To castrate an animal)
- dressing (Gravy) (Manure used in fields) (Age)
- dropped egg (A poached egg) (Age)
- drying cloth (A dish towel)
- dry-land frog (A toad)
- dry-land turtle (Kinds of turtles)
- dry wall (A stone wall made without mortar)
- duck (A cigarette butt)
- duckboat (A rowboat holding no more than two people)
- duck bumps (Sex)
- duck duck goose (Outdoor games)
- dugout (Age)
- Dunkard (Names or nicknames for religions or religious groups...Protestant:)
- dusk dark (Dusk, twilight)
- dusky dark (Dusk, twilight)
- Dutch cheese (Cottage cheese)
- Dutchman (Terms for a German)
- Dutch rub (Sex)
E
- earmark (A mark to identify a cow)
- earscrew (Age)
- ear tag (A mark to identify a cow)
- earthworm (The common worm used as bait)
- east (pronunciation) (Education)
- eat dried apples (Pregnant; to be pregnant)
- eaves spout (A roof gutter; occasionally a downspout)
- eaves trough (A roof gutter; occasionally a downspout)
- egg bread (Kinds of cornbread)
- egg turner (Kitchen tool for turning fried food)
- elbedritsch (An imaginary creature, monster, or animal)
- elbow, go (all) around one’s (To do something in an indirect and complicated way)
- emptins (Age)
- enchilada (Favored local foods or foods others might not know)
- English (Terms for an English person)
- esplanade (The separating area in the middle of a four-lane road)
- ethyl (Gasoline—the expensive kind)
- euchre (Favorite card games)
- evener (A doubletree)
- Eve, not to know one from (Sex)
- evergreen onion (A self-seeding or perennial onion)
- everlasting yeast (Age)
- extra (Gasoline—the expensive kind)
- eye(s) (A circular metal lid on a wood-burning stove) (Having prominent eyes) (Race)
F
- fainty (Age)
- fall off the roof (Sex)
- farmer (A rustic or countrified person)
- farmer match (A kitchen match)
- fart (To fart)
- fascinator (Age)
- fastnacht (Kinds of pastries)
- fatback (Bacon, salt pork)
- fat meat (Bacon, salt pork)
- feeder (Age)
- feeding time (The time to feed livestock, clean stalls, etc.)
- fee lark (A meadowlark)
- felon (A hard, painful swelling, often on a finger)
- fertilize (Manure used in fields)
- fester (To discharge pus)
- fidgets, the (Age)
- field-bred (Sex)
- field hawk (Kinds of hawks)
- field lark (A meadowlark)
- fine cut (Forms of chewing tobacco) (Age)
- finger towel (Sex)
- firebug (The insect that flashes a light at its tail)
- firecracker (When a firecracker doesn’t go off, and you break it and light it in the middle, that’s a _____.)
- firefly (The insect that flashes a light at its tail)
- fire-hunt (Illegal night-hunting)
- fire-lighting (Illegal night-hunting)
- fish basket (Fishing devices)
- fish-eater (Names or nicknames for religions or religious groups...Catholic)
- fish fly (The mayfly)
- fish hawk (Kinds of hawks)
- fishing (The common worm used as bait) (Ways of fishing) (Fishing devices)
- fishing worm (The common worm used as bait)
- five hundred (Favorite card games)
- five-up (Favorite card games)
- fix (To prepare a meal) (To castrate an animal) (Age) (Race)
- fix, out of (If a machine is out of order, it’s _____.)
- fizzle (To fart)
- flannel cake (A pancake)
- flat (A wheelless vehicle for dragging heavy loads, especially for dragging stones from a field)
- flatboat (A rowboat holding no more than two people)
- flea in one’s ear (Age)
- flies and grounders (Bat-and-ball games)
- flies and skinners (Bat-and-ball games)
- flip-flop (A somersault)
- flipper (Kitchen tool for turning fried food)
- flitch (Bacon, salt pork)
- flitter (A pancake)
- flour bread (Breads made with wheat flour rather than cornmeal)
- flux, (the) (Diarrhea) (Age)
- foods, local (Favored local foods or foods others might not know)
- football (Race)
- footstool (Race)
- foot-washing Baptist (Names or nicknames for religions or religious groups...Protestant:)
- forked stick (A forked stick used to find water underground) (A person who uses a forked stick to find water)
- forty-two (Favorite card games)
- fox and geese (Outdoor games)
- freeseed (A peach with a hard center that comes out easily)
- freestone (A peach with a hard center that comes out easily)
- freight wagon (Horse-drawn vehicles to move heavy loads)
- French (Terms for a French person or French Canadian)
- French harp (A harmonica)
- Frenchy (Terms for a French person or French Canadian)
- freshet (Age)
- fresh fried potatoes (Kinds of fried potatoes)
- friedcake (Kinds of pastries)
- fritter (Fried cornbread)
- fritz, on the (If a machine is out of order, it’s _____.)
- frock (A man’s work jacket)
- frog(s) (To rain heavily: “It’s raining _____.”) (Small frogs that sing in the spring) (A treefrog) (A very young frog) (Terms for a French person or French Canadian)
- frogsticker (knife) (A large, folding pocket knife)
- frog-strangler (A heavy rain)
- frost, black (A killing frost)
- frosting (Sweet topping on a cake)
- frost, jack (A killing frost)
- fruit cellar (A place for keeping root vegetables through the winter)
- frying pan (A metal pan for frying food)
- frypan (A metal pan for frying food)
- fudge (Sex)
- full of ginger (Age)
- funky chicken (Race)
- funny bone (Funny bone)
- fuss (To fool around, loaf)
- fuss (up) (Age)
- fussed (up) (Age)
- futz (To fool around, loaf)
- fyke (Fishing devices)
G
- Gabe’s coat, last button on (The last bit, especially of food) (Age)
- gallery (A porch or veranda)
- galley-west (Askew; out of line)
- gallinipper (A large mosquito)
- games (Favorite card games) (Games with a hidden object) (A game in which a stick on the ground is flipped in the air and hit with a longer stick) (Bat-and-ball games) (Outdoor games) (Tick-tack-toe) (Game in which a ball is thrown over a building to a player on the other side) (Kinds of playing marbles) (Marble games) (Marbles by size or composition) (Mumblety-peg or a similar game) (The line toward which players roll marbles to determine the order of shooting) (To skip stones over the water) (Where the one who is "it" has to wait while the others hide) (What the one who is "it" calls out when he catches one who was hiding)
- garden house (Names or joking names for an outdoor toilet building)
- garden worm (The common worm used as bait)
- garlicky (Milk with a taste from something the cow ate)
- garret (An attic or storage room)
- gasoline (Gasoline—the expensive kind)
- gather (To discharge pus)
- gee (When people don’t get along together, they don’t _____.)
- gee-haw (When people don’t get along together, they don’t _____.)
- Georgia stock (Kinds of plows)
- Georgia wiggler (The common worm used as bait)
- German (Terms for a German)
- German fried potatoes (Kinds of fried potatoes)
- German potato salad (Favored local foods or foods others might not know)
- gesundheit (After someone sneezes, people say, “_____!”)
- get (To prepare a meal)
- get a hump (on) (Age)
- get the rag out (Age)
- giant steps (Outdoor games)
- gig (Ways of fishing)
- gimlet, grease a (Not enough sense to _____)
- ginger, full of (Age)
- gin mill (A bar selling liquor illegally)
- G.I.’s (Sex)
- glassie (Marbles by size or composition)
- gnat’s bristle (To perfection: “Done to a _____.”)
- gnat’s eye (To perfection: “Done to a _____.”)
- gnat’s eyebrow (To perfection: “Done to a _____.”)
- gnat’s heel (To perfection: “Done to a _____.”)
- goal (Where the one who is “it” has to wait while the others hide)
- go (all) around one’s elbow (To do something in an indirect and complicated way)
- go (all the way) around Robin Hood’s barn (To do something in an indirect and complicated way)
- go (all the way) around the world (To do something in an indirect and complicated way)
- goathead (Prickly seeds that cling to clothing)
- go by (Age)
- godmother (Age)
- go down (Of wind: to decrease)
- going to bed (An abundance; (something) in abundance)
- gone by (Age)
- goober (A peanut)
- goober pea (A peanut)
- goody (The edible part of a nut)
- gooney (A rock or stone)
- goose-drownder (A heavy rain)
- gopher (Kinds of turtles)
- gorge (A steep-sided valley)
- goshawk (Kinds of hawks)
- grabble (Ways of fishing)
- gracias (Thank you)
- granddaddy (A grandfather)
- grandmother (A grandmother)
- granny (Sex)
- granny wants a grunt (Outdoor games)
- grass burr (Prickly seeds that cling to clothing)
- grass frog (A treefrog)
- grassplot (The strip of grass between the sidewalk and the curb)
- grass sack (A large burlap bag)
- grassy (Milk with a taste from something the cow ate)
- gravy (Gravy) (Age) (Community Type)
- grease a gimlet (Not enough sense to _____)
- greaser (Terms for a Mexican, Puerto Rican)
- green bean (Beans you eat in the pod)
- green onion (A small-bulbed, long-necked onion)
- green pepper (A large sweet pepper)
- greens (Greens, eaten raw or cooked)
- griddle (A circular metal lid on a wood-burning stove)
- griddle cake (A pancake)
- grinder (A sandwich in a long bun that’s a meal in itself)
- grits (Cooked cereal)
- groundhog (A woodchuck)
- ground itch (Skin diseases)
- groundnut (A peanut)
- ground pea (A peanut)
- grubbing hoe (A hand tool for digging out roots)
- grub hoe (A hand tool for digging out roots)
- guano sack (A large burlap bag)
- Guinea (Terms for an Italian)
- gulch (A steep-sided valley)
- gully (A roof gutter; occasionally a downspout)
- gully washer (A heavy rain)
- gum (Age)
- gumbo (Local soil types) (Favored local foods or foods others might not know)
- gunny sack (A large burlap bag)
- gunshot wedding (Age) (Sex)
- guts to a bear, carry (Not enough sense to _____)
- gutter (A roof gutter; occasionally a downspout) (Age) (Age)
- guttering (A roof gutter; occasionally a downspout)
H
- had no raising (When someone behaves without manners: “You’d think he was _____.”)
- hail-over (Game in which a ball is thrown over a building to a player on the other side)
- haily-over (Game in which a ball is thrown over a building to a player on the other side)
- haircut (A man’s haircut) (Age) (Age) (Age) (Race) (Race) (Education)
- half-runner bean (Kinds of beans and peas grown locally)
- hamper (A container for fruits or vegetables)
- handy-over (Game in which a ball is thrown over a building to a player on the other side)
- hanover (A rutabaga)
- hant (A hobgoblin used to make children behave)
- hapa haole (People of mixed blood)
- hard dollar (A silver dollar)
- hardhead (A rock or stone)
- hard-shell Baptist (Names or nicknames for religions or religious groups...Protestant:)
- hard-shell turtle (Kinds of turtles)
- hardtack (Cheap candies for children)
- hark (Age)
- harmonica (A harmonica)
- harp (A harmonica) (Terms for an Irish person)
- hasenpfeffer (Favorite card games)
- haslet (Foods made with parts of the head and internal organs of animals)
- hatching jacket, wear the (Pregnant; to be pregnant)
- hatchway (An outside cellar entrance with sloping doors)
- haunt (A hobgoblin used to make children behave)
- have a bun in the oven (Pregnant; to be pregnant)
- hawk(s) (Kinds of hawks)
- hay (A hay-handling machine) (The crop from a second growth of hay) (A small pile of hay standing in the field) (A wagon or wagon frame used to carry hay) (Age)
- hay frame (A wagon or wagon frame used to carry hay)
- hay ladder (A wagon or wagon frame used to carry hay)
- hayrack (A wagon or wagon frame used to carry hay)
- hayrig (A wagon or wagon frame used to carry hay)
- head (Community Type)
- headcheese (Foods made with parts of the head and internal organs of animals)
- headlighting (Illegal night-hunting)
- head meat (Foods made with parts of the head and internal organs of animals)
- head rag (A headscarf)
- heap (A small pile of hay standing in the field)
- hearth (pronunciation) (Age) (Education)
- heat (Skin diseases)
- heave (To throw (something))
- heave up Jonah (To vomit) (Age)
- heavy (Of a horse: short of breath)
- hebe (Names or nicknames for religions or religious groups...Jew:)
- heinie (A man’s haircut) (Terms for a German)
- hellfire (Age) (Community Type)
- hen hawk (Kinds of hawks)
- hen tracks (Age)
- her (Sex)
- hero (A sandwich in a long bun that’s a meal in itself)
- herth (pronunciation) (Age) (Education)
- het up (Age)
- hex (To cast a spell on a person)
- hickey (A knot on the head caused by a blow) (Race)
- hide the button (Games with a hidden object)
- hide the switch (Games with a hidden object)
- high-holer (Joking names for woodpeckers)
- high-test (Gasoline—the expensive kind)
- highway (Words to designate roads named with letters or numbers)
- high yellow (People of mixed blood)
- hillside plow (Kinds of plows)
- hinder (Age)
- hind-part-before (The wrong way round)
- hindside-before (The wrong way round) (Age)
- hippen (Community Type)
- hippo (pronunciation) (Age)
- hisser (When a firecracker doesn’t go off, and you break it and light it in the middle, that’s a _____.)
- hit a lick (To do the least bit of work)
- hitch (When people don’t get along together, they don’t _____.)
- hoagie (A sandwich in a long bun that’s a meal in itself)
- hoecake (Kinds of cornbread)
- hog dollar (A silver dollar)
- hog-head souse (Foods made with parts of the head and internal organs of animals)
- hog’s head cheese (Foods made with parts of the head and internal organs of animals)
- hole (A place for keeping root vegetables through the winter) (A bar selling liquor illegally)
- hole in the ground (or wall) (I wouldn’t know him from (a) _____.)
- hole-in-the-wall (Sex)
- holiness (Names or nicknames for religions or religious groups...Protestant:)
- holler calf-rope (I give up!)
- home free (What the one who is “it” calls out when he catches one who was hiding)
- home fried potatoes (Kinds of fried potatoes)
- honey (Manure used in fields)
- hooch (Bad or illegal liquor)
- hoodoo (A spell or charm)
- hooker (Sex)
- hooky, play (To stay away from school without an excuse)
- hoo-owl (Kinds of owls)
- hoopy (An old or broken-down car)
- hoosier (A rustic or countrified person)
- hooting owl (Kinds of owls)
- hoptoad (A toad)
- horning (A noisy neighborhood celebration after a wedding)
- horse (The noise a horse makes) (Of a horse: short of breath) (Age) (Sex)
- hot ball (Cheap candies for children)
- hot cake (A pancake)
- hot-cake turner (Kitchen tool for turning fried food)
- hot cross bun (Kinds of pastries)
- house party (Race)
- house shoe (Soft shoe worn only indoors)
- hull (The covering of peas, dry beans) (The thick outside covering of a walnut) (The green leaves on a strawberry)
- hump (on), get a (Age)
- Hungarian (Terms for a Czech, Bohemian, or Hungarian)
- Hunk (Terms for a Czech, Bohemian, or Hungarian)
- hush puppy (Fried cornbread)
- husk (The thick outside covering of a walnut)
- hydrant (Age)
- hypo (pronunciation) (Age)
- hy spy (Games with a hidden object) (Age)
I
- ice (Flexible or thin ice)
- ice-cream social (A meeting called a ‘social’ or ‘sociable’)
- ice-cream supper (A meeting called a ‘social’ or ‘sociable’)
- icing (Sweet topping on a cake)
- icky (Age) (Sex)
- igg (Age) (Race)
- I give up (I give up!)
- in a dog’s age (Age)
- Indian fire (Skin diseases)
- Indian pudding (Kinds of desserts favored here) (Age)
- Indian(s) shot you, where the (Sex)
- in the street (Sex) (Race)
- Irish (Terms for an Irish person) (Education)
- Irish potato (Names for potatoes)
- is (Race)
- Italian (Terms for an Italian)
- Italian sandwich (A sandwich in a long bun that’s a meal in itself)
- it’s snowing down South (Your slip is showing)
J
- jack (A framework for sawing wood) (Illegal night-hunting)
- jacket (A man’s work jacket) (Age)
- jack frost (A killing frost)
- jackknife (Mumblety-peg or a similar game)
- jacklight (Illegal night-hunting)
- jag (A small or partial load) (To poke or pierce with something sharp)
- jam (To squeeze or crush: “I _____ my finger in the door.”)
- jambalaya (Favored local foods or foods others might not know)
- jam cake (Kinds of desserts favored here)
- jammed (To squeeze or crush: “I _____ my finger in the door.”)
- jelly doughnut (Kinds of pastries) (A round, jelly-filled pastry)
- jerk (Age)
- Jersey devil (An imaginary creature, monster, or animal)
- Jersey mosquito (A large mosquito)
- Jew (Names or nicknames for religions or religious groups...Jew:)
- jibe (When people don’t get along together, they don’t _____.)
- jickey (Terms for an English person)
- jigaboo (Terms for an African-American)
- jigger (A chigger)
- joeboat (A rowboat holding no more than two people)
- joggling board (A seesaw)
- johnboat (A rowboat holding no more than two people)
- John Bull (Terms for an English person)
- John Hancock (One’s signature)
- John Henry (One’s signature)
- johnnycake (Kinds of cornbread)
- johnny house (Names or joking names for an outdoor toilet building)
- jomo (A spell or charm)
- Jonah, heave up (To vomit) (Age)
- jowl (Favored local foods or foods others might not know)
- jug fishing (Ways of fishing)
- jugful, not by a (Age)
- jump jacket (A man’s work jacket)
- jump-the-rope (Outdoor games)
- junker (An old or broken-down car)
K
- kaiser blade (A hand tool for cutting brush and weeds)
- kaput (If a machine is out of order, it’s _____.)
- keen (Race)
- keep one’s lather down (Sex)
- kernel (The edible part of a nut) (The hard center of a peach)
- kerosene oil (Fuel used in a lamp) (Age)
- kettle (A large kettle for boiling food)
- kike (Names or nicknames for religions or religious groups...Jew:)
- kiln (A place for keeping root vegetables through the winter)
- kinfolk (Blood relatives)
- king (Marbles by size or composition)
- king’s ex (A call to pause play or demand an exception)
- kitchen broom (Kinds of brooms)
- kitty-corner (Diagonal, diagonally)
- kitty, not to give a (Sex)
- knee-deep (A treefrog)
- knepp (Favored local foods or foods others might not know)
- knick-knock (A game in which a stick on the ground is flipped in the air and hit with a longer stick)
- knife (A large, folding pocket knife) (Mumblety-peg or a similar game) (Race)
- knock down (Age)
- knockdown (Age)
- knuck (Marble games)
- kolacky (Kinds of pastries)
- kraut (Favored local foods or foods others might not know) (Terms for a German)
- kuchen (Kinds of pastries)
L
- lady pea (Kinds of beans and peas grown locally)
- lagging line (The line toward which players roll marbles to determine the order of shooting)
- lag line (The line toward which players roll marbles to determine the order of shooting)
- lagniappe (A little extra from a seller)
- la grippe (Age)
- lamp oil (Fuel used in a lamp)
- land frog (A toad)
- land turtle (Kinds of turtles)
- lapping (This cake tastes _____ good.)
- larruping (This cake tastes _____ good.)
- last button on Gabe’s coat (The last bit, especially of food) (Age)
- last-go-trade (A compliment given in exchange for one about oneself)
- last notch, (down) to the (Age)
- last pea in the dish (The last bit, especially of food)
- lather down, keep one’s (Sex)
- lay (Of wind: to decrease)
- lay low sheepie (Outdoor games)
- leader (A roof gutter; occasionally a downspout) (Age)
- leeky (Milk with a taste from something the cow ate)
- lefse (Special kinds of bread)
- licking (This cake tastes _____ good.)
- lickskillet (Nickname for a part of town, especially a poor neighborhood)
- lie out (To stay away from school without an excuse)
- light bread (Breads made with wheat flour rather than cornmeal)
- lightning bug (The insect that flashes a light at its tail)
- lima bean (A lima bean)
- limb line (Fishing devices)
- limey (Terms for an English person)
- limpa (Special kinds of bread)
- liquor (A bar selling liquor illegally) (Bad or illegal liquor) (One who drinks steadily or a great deal) (Very drunk) (Sex)
- litter (Manure used in fields)
- little Sally Walker (Race)
- loaf bread (Breads made with wheat flour rather than cornmeal)
- loafer (To fool around, loaf)
- lobber (Thick sour milk)
- loft (An attic or storage room) (The place in the barn for storing hay)
- loggerhead (Kinds of turtles)
- log wagon (Horse-drawn vehicles to move heavy loads)
- logy (Not feeling quite right)
- lollipop (Candy on a stick for children to lick)
- long drawers (Long underwear)
- long handles (Long underwear)
- longies (Long underwear)
- long jeans (Long underwear)
- long john (Kinds of pastries) (Long underwear)
- loop-legged (Very drunk)
- lord god (Joking names for woodpeckers)
- lot (The fenced or open area around a barn)
- lousy (Age)
- low (Noise made by a calf taken from its mother)
- low-down (Not feeling quite right)
- low ground(s) (Low or wet ground)
- Lucy Bowles (Diarrhea)
- lug (A container for fruits or vegetables)
- lull (Of wind: to decrease)
- lumber wagon (Horse-drawn vehicles to move heavy loads)
- lunch (Community Type)
- lung fever (Age)
- lutefisk (Favored local foods or foods others might not know)
M
- mackerel-snapper (Names or nicknames for religions or religious groups...Catholic) (Age) (Education)
- mad ax (Age)
- maintainer (One whose job is to take care of local roads)
- make (To prepare a meal)
- mall (The separating area in the middle of a four-lane road)
- mamma (A mother)
- mam-maw (A grandmother)
- mammy (A mother)
- mandrake (A mayapple)
- mango (A large sweet pepper)
- maniportia (Delirium tremens)
- manner (The last bit, especially of food)
- manure (Manure used in fields)
- maple bar (Kinds of pastries)
- marble(s) (Kinds of playing marbles) (Marble games) (Marbles by size or composition) (The line toward which players roll marbles to determine the order of shooting) (Age)
- mark (To castrate an animal)
- marrowfat (bean) (Kinds of beans and peas grown locally)
- marsh hawk (Kinds of hawks)
- mashed (To squeeze or crush: “I _____ my finger in the door.”)
- mason wasp (A wasp that builds a nest of mud)
- match (A kitchen match) (Age)
- matter (The yellowish stuff that comes out of a boil) (To discharge pus)
- matterate (To discharge pus)
- mattock (A hand tool for digging out roots)
- mayapple (A mayapple)
- mayfly (The mayfly)
- meadowlark (A meadowlark)
- meaner than a snake (Meaner than _____)
- meaner than cat shit (Meaner than _____)
- meaner than dirt (Meaner than _____)
- meaner than pussley (Meaner than _____)
- meaner than shit (Sex)
- meat (The edible part of a nut)
- medial (strip) (The separating area in the middle of a four-lane road)
- medium (strip) (The separating area in the middle of a four-lane road)
- mee-maw (A grandmother)
- merry widow (Age)
- mestizo (People of mixed blood)
- Mexican (Terms for a Mexican, Puerto Rican)
- mib (Marbles by size or composition)
- Mick (Names or nicknames for religions or religious groups...Catholic) (Terms for an Irish person)
- middlebuster (Kinds of plows)
- middleman (Kinds of playing marbles)
- middling (Bacon, salt pork)
- mig (Marbles by size or composition)
- mighty (This cake tastes _____ good.)
- milk (Milk that is just starting to turn sour) (Milk with a taste from something the cow ate) (Age)
- mince pie (Kinds of desserts favored here)
- mixed blood (People of mixed blood)
- mojo (A spell or charm)
- mom (A mother)
- mom-mom (A grandmother)
- monkey (To fool around, loaf) (A calf sold for meat) (Delirium tremens)
- monster (An imaginary creature, monster, or animal)
- Montgomery pie (Kinds of desserts favored here)
- moon (Bad or illegal liquor)
- mosquito (A large mosquito)
- mosquito hawk (A dragonfly)
- mother (A mother) (Sex) (Race)
- mother dear (Sex) (Race)
- motte (Age)
- mountain dew (Bad or illegal liquor)
- mountaineer (A rustic or countrified person)
- mountain lion (Nicknames for the wildcat)
- mouth harp (A harmonica)
- mouth organ (A harmonica)
- move-up (Bat-and-ball games)
- mow (The place in the barn for storing hay)
- Mr. It (Race)
- muck (Local soil types)
- mud (Ways of fishing)
- mud boat (A wheelless vehicle for dragging heavy loads, especially for dragging stones from a field)
- mud dauber (A wasp that builds a nest of mud)
- mud wasp (A wasp that builds a nest of mud)
- muley (A cow that has never had horns)
- muley-head (A cow that has never had horns)
- multiplying onion (A self-seeding or perennial onion)
- mum (A mother)
- mush (Cooked cereal)
- mush(e)roon (pronunciation) (Age) (Education)
- mushmelon (pronunciation) (Education)
- mushroom (pronunciation) (Age) (Education)
- muskmelon (pronunciation) (Education)
N
- nasty-neat (Age)
- nasty-nice (Age)
- Native American (Terms for a Native American)
- natural (Age) (Race)
- nauseous (Community Type)
- neap (The shaft for hitching horses to a wagon)
- neutral ground (The separating area in the middle of a four-lane road) (The strip of grass between the sidewalk and the curb)
- nib (Marbles by size or composition)
- nick (Marbles by size or composition)
- nicker (The noise a horse makes)
- nigger baby (Cheap candies for children)
- niggerhead (A rock or stone) (A black-eyed Susan)
- nigger heaven (The upper balcony of a theater)
- nigger navel (A black-eyed Susan)
- nigger town (Nickname for a part of town, especially a poor neighborhood)
- night crawler (The common worm used as bait)
- night glass (A chamber pot)
- night-hunting (Illegal night-hunting)
- night pasture (The fenced or open area around a barn)
- night walker (The common worm used as bait)
- nix (Age)
- Norski (Terms for a Scandinavian)
- northeaster (Kinds of wind)
- norther (Kinds of wind)
- no-see-um (A tiny fly or similar insect that bites)
- not by a jugful (Age)
- notch, (down) to the last (Age)
- not enough sense to pour piss out of a boot (Not enough sense to _____) (Sex)
- not to amount to shucks (Age)
- not to give a kitty (Sex)
- not to know beans when the bag’s open (Age)
- not to know B from (a) bull’s foot (A person who seems very stupid: “He doesn’t know _____.”)
- not to know one from a hole in the ground (or wall) (I wouldn’t know him from (a) _____.)
- not to know one from Eve (Sex)
- not to know one’s ass from one’s elbow (A person who seems very stupid: “He doesn’t know _____.”) (Community Type)
- not to know sic ’em (A person who seems very stupid: “He doesn’t know _____.”) (Age)
- not to know split beans from coffee (A person who seems very stupid: “He doesn’t know _____.”)
- not to know straight up (A person who seems very stupid: “He doesn’t know _____.”)
- not to set horses (When people don’t get along together, they don’t _____.) (Race)
- nut (The thick outside covering of a walnut) (To castrate an animal) (The edible part of a nut)
O
- oats (Cooked cereal)
- oats bug (A tiny fly or similar insect that bites)
- October bean (Kinds of beans and peas grown locally)
- of (Time between the half hour and the hour: “It’s a quarter _____ 12.”)
- Okie (A rustic or countrified person)
- okra soup (Favored local foods or foods others might not know)
- Old Boy (The Devil) (Age)
- old cat (Tick-tack-toe)
- Old Harry (Age)
- old maid (The last bit, especially of food)
- Old Scratch (The Devil)
- Ole Ole Olson all in free (What the one who is “it” calls out when he catches one who was hiding)
- on (Sick _____ one’s stomach)
- one-eyed cat (Bat-and-ball games)
- one old cat (A game in which a stick on the ground is flipped in the air and hit with a longer stick) (Bat-and-ball games)
- one’s ass from one’s elbow (A person who seems very stupid: “He doesn’t know _____.”) (Community Type)
- one-sided (Askew; out of line)
- onion (A self-seeding or perennial onion) (A small-bulbed, long-necked onion)
- oniony (Milk with a taste from something the cow ate)
- on the carpet (Eager to marry)
- on the fritz (If a machine is out of order, it’s _____.)
- oodlins (An abundance; (something) in abundance)
- open peach (A peach with a hard center that comes out easily)
- ornery (Not feeling quite right)
- out (To put out (a fire or light)) (All gone)
- outen (To put out (a fire or light))
- outlander (Education)
- outlaw (Age)
- out of fix (If a machine is out of order, it’s _____.)
- outs, at (Age)
- outside child (A child of unmarried parents) (Race) (Education)
- oven, have a bun in the (Pregnant; to be pregnant)
- overhauls (Education) (Community Type)
- overseer (One whose job is to take care of local roads) (Age)
- owl(s) (Kinds of owls)
- oxeye daisy (A black-eyed Susan)
P
- pa (A grandfather)
- Paddy (Terms for an Irish person)
- pancake (A pancake)
- pancake turner (Kitchen tool for turning fried food)
- pan-fried potatoes (Kinds of fried potatoes)
- panhas (Foods made with parts of the head and internal organs of animals)
- panther (Nicknames for the wildcat)
- pão doce (Special kinds of bread)
- pap (Age) (Community Type)
- papa (A grandfather)
- pa-paw (A grandfather)
- pappy (Community Type)
- parking (The strip of grass between the sidewalk and the curb)
- parking strip (The strip of grass between the sidewalk and the curb)
- parkway (The strip of grass between the sidewalk and the curb)
- parrot-toed (Pigeon-toed)
- passion mark (Age) (Education)
- pass out (Age)
- pastries (Kinds of pastries) (A round, jelly-filled pastry)
- pasture-bred (Sex)
- pasty (Favored local foods or foods others might not know) (Sex)
- pathmaster (One whose job is to take care of local roads)
- patrolman (One whose job is to take care of local roads)
- pau (All gone)
- pea bean (Kinds of beans and peas grown locally)
- peacebreaker (Race)
- peach (The hard center of a peach) (A peach with a hard center that comes out easily) (A peach with the hard center tight to the flesh)
- pea in the dish, last (The last bit, especially of food)
- peanut (A peanut)
- peanut gallery (The upper balcony of a theater)
- peanut heaven (The upper balcony of a theater)
- peas (The covering of peas, dry beans) (Kinds of beans and peas grown locally)
- pea soup (Terms for a French person or French Canadian)
- pedro (Favorite card games)
- pee ant (Sex)
- pee-jib (Marbles by size or composition)
- peeper(s) (Small frogs that sing in the spring) (A treefrog) (Sex)
- pee-wee (Marbles by size or composition)
- peg (To throw (something))
- peggy (A game in which a stick on the ground is flipped in the air and hit with a longer stick)
- pepper (A large sweet pepper)
- pepper belly (Terms for a Mexican, Puerto Rican)
- pepper cabbage (Favored local foods or foods others might not know)
- pepper pot (soup) (Favored local foods or foods others might not know)
- peth(y) (Of root vegetables: old, tough, not good to eat)
- p.g. (Pregnant; to be pregnant)
- phiz (Age)
- piazza (A porch or veranda)
- pick (To poke or pierce with something sharp)
- piddle (To fool around, loaf)
- piece (A small or partial load) (Age) (Age)
- piggery (Age)
- pilau (Favored local foods or foods others might not know)
- pill (Age) (Sex)
- pilon (A little extra from a seller) (Age)
- pimp stick (Sex)
- pinder (A peanut)
- pine needles (Pine needles)
- pinochle (Favorite card games)
- pin-toed (Pigeon-toed)
- pipe, take the (Age) (Sex)
- pirogue (A rowboat holding no more than two people)
- pismire (Sex)
- piss ant (Sex)
- piss elm (Sex)
- piss out of a boot, pour (Not enough sense to _____) (Sex)
- pit (The hard center of a peach)
- pitch (The sticky stuff that comes from pine trees) (Favorite card games)
- pitchfork (Prickly seeds that cling to clothing)
- pitchforks and hammer handles (To rain heavily: “It’s raining _____.”)
- pitchforks and nigger babies (To rain heavily: “It’s raining _____.”)
- pitch-in dinner (A potluck)
- pith (Of root vegetables: old, tough, not good to eat)
- pitty-pat (Race)
- plastered (Very drunk)
- play off (Age)
- play-party (Age)
- play-toy (Race)
- plow(s) (Kinds of plows)
- plum peach (A peach with the hard center tight to the flesh)
- plunder room (An attic or storage room)
- poach (pronunciation) (Race) (Education)
- poached egg (A poached egg) (Age)
- pod (The covering of peas, dry beans)
- Podunk (Age) (Education)
- poke (A small paper bag)
- poke salad (Greens, eaten raw or cooked)
- Polack (Terms for a Pole)
- Polander (Terms for a Pole)
- Pole (Terms for a Pole)
- pole (The shaft for hitching horses to a wagon)
- polenta (Favored local foods or foods others might not know)
- Polish sausage (Favored local foods or foods others might not know)
- pollywog (A very young frog)
- pom-pom-pullaway (Outdoor games)
- pone bread (Kinds of cornbread)
- poop (To fart)
- poor boy (A sandwich in a long bun that’s a meal in itself)
- poot (To fart)
- pop (A soft drink)
- pop call (Age)
- pop-pop (A grandfather)
- popskull (Bad or illegal liquor)
- porch (pronunciation) (Education)
- porch (A porch or veranda)
- porched egg (A poached egg)
- porridge (Cooked cereal)
- portico (A porch or veranda)
- Possum Hollow (Nickname for a part of town, especially a poor neighborhood)
- pot (A large kettle for boiling food)
- potato(es) (Kinds of fried potatoes) (Names for potatoes)
- potato hill (A place for keeping root vegetables through the winter)
- potato onion (A small-bulbed, long-necked onion)
- pot cheese (Cottage cheese)
- potlicker (Sex)
- potluck (A potluck)
- potluck meal (A potluck)
- pound (The fenced or open area around a barn)
- pound sand down a rathole (Not enough sense to _____)
- pour piss out of a boot (Not enough sense to _____) (Sex)
- powder room (Sex)
- powder (A light or brief snowfall)
- prairie-dog owl (Kinds of owls)
- prairie owl (Kinds of owls)
- pram (A rowboat holding no more than two people)
- pregnant (Pregnant; to be pregnant)
- press meat (Foods made with parts of the head and internal organs of animals)
- press peach (A peach with the hard center tight to the flesh)
- pretty girls’ station (Outdoor games)
- Primitive Baptist (Names or nicknames for religions or religious groups...Protestant:)
- princeton (Age) (Education)
- priss (To move or act in a way that makes people notice you)
- proach (pronunciation) (Race)
- proached egg (A poached egg)
- Protestant (Names or nicknames for religions or religious groups...Protestant:)
- Puerto Rican (Terms for a Mexican, Puerto Rican)
- puff (A covering for a bed)
- pumpkins, some (Age)
- pumpknot (A knot on the head caused by a blow)
- pung (Sleighs for moving loads or people)
- punkie (A tiny fly or similar insect that bites) (Sex)
- punky (Wood that’s decaying inside is _____.)
- puny (Not feeling quite right)
- purgatory (Marble games)
- push broom (Kinds of brooms)
- pussley (Greens, eaten raw or cooked) (Age)
- pussley, meaner than (Meaner than _____)
- putz (To fool around, loaf) (Sex)
Q
- quack grass (Quack grass)
- quarter (Nickname for a part of town, especially a poor neighborhood)
- quarter of (Time between the half hour and the hour: “It’s a quarter _____ 12.”)
- quarter till (Time between the half hour and the hour: “It’s a quarter _____ 12.”)
- quarter to (Time between the half hour and the hour: “It’s a quarter _____ 12.”)
- queen’s taste, to the (Age)
- quick consumption (Age)
- quill (Age)
- quill pig (Age)
- quitting stick (Age) (Education) (Community Type)
R
- rabbit hawk (Kinds of hawks)
- rack (A framework for sawing wood) (To stack firewood)
- racket store (Age)
- rack wagon (A wagon or wagon frame used to carry hay)
- rag out, get the (Age)
- rain (A heavy rain) (To rain heavily: “It’s raining _____.”)
- rainfrog (Small frogs that sing in the spring) (A treefrog)
- rain gutter (A roof gutter; occasionally a downspout)
- rainspout (A roof gutter; occasionally a downspout)
- rainspouting (A roof gutter; occasionally a downspout)
- raised in a barn (When someone behaves without manners: “You’d think he was _____.”)
- raise up (Community Type)
- raising, had no (When someone behaves without manners: “You’d think he was _____.”)
- rams (Delirium tremens)
- ramshackledy (Age)
- rank (To stack firewood)
- rareripe (A small-bulbed, long-necked onion)
- rastus (Kinds of plows)
- rat (To waste time, idle) (Sex)
- raw-fried potatoes (Kinds of fried potatoes)
- red bone (People of mixed blood)
- redbug (A chigger)
- red-eye gravy (Gravy)
- red gravy (Gravy) (Community Type)
- red in the comb (Eager to marry)
- red-neck (Names or nicknames for religions or religious groups...Catholic) (A rustic or countrified person) (Education)
- red wiggler (The common worm used as bait)
- reefer (A man’s work jacket) (Age)
- relation (Blood relatives)
- religions (Names or nicknames for religions or religious groups)
- rent (Sex)
- rest room (Education) (Community Type)
- rheumatics, (the) (Age) (Education) (Community Type)
- rick (To stack firewood)
- ride shank’s pony (Sex)
- ridge runner (A rustic or countrified person)
- ridy-horse (A seesaw)
- ring-a-levio (Outdoor games)
- rising (When yellowish stuff comes out of a person’s ear, he has a _____.)
- road wagon (Horse-drawn vehicles to move heavy loads)
- roasting ear (Corn suitable for eating)
- Robin Hood’s barn, go (all the way) around (To do something in an indirect and complicated way)
- rock fence (A stone wall made without mortar)
- rock wall (A stone wall made without mortar)
- rolly-holey (Marble games)
- Roman cannon (Education) (Community Type)
- rommegrot (Kinds of desserts favored here)
- Rook (Favorite card games)
- Roosevelt (Names or joking names for an outdoor toilet building)
- roost (Age)
- rooter (Education)
- rosin (The sticky stuff that comes from pine trees)
- rotary (A junction where traffic moves in one direction around a circular island)
- rotten (ice) (Flexible or thin ice)
- round-town (Bat-and-ball games)
- route (Words to designate roads named with letters or numbers)
- rowen (The crop from a second growth of hay) (Age)
- rubber ice (Flexible or thin ice)
- rum (Sex)
- rummy (Favorite card games) (One who drinks steadily or a great deal) (Sex)
- runaround (A hard, painful swelling, often on a finger)
- running off (at the bowels) (Diarrhea)
- run(s) (A small stream) (To poke or pierce with something sharp) (Diarrhea)
- run sheep run (Outdoor games)
- rustic (A rustic or countrified person) (Race)
- rutabaga (A rutabaga)
S
- sack (A small paper bag)
- sadiron (An iron for pressing cloth)
- saffron bread (Special kinds of bread)
- salad onion (A small-bulbed, long-necked onion)
- Sally Lunn (Special kinds of bread) (Education)
- salt meat (Bacon, salt pork)
- salt shake (Education) (Community Type)
- salt side (Bacon, salt pork)
- Sanctified (Church) (Names or nicknames for religions or religious groups...Protestant:)
- sand down a rathole, pound (Not enough sense to _____)
- sandspur (Prickly seeds that cling to clothing)
- sandwich (A sandwich in a long bun that’s a meal in itself)
- Santa Ana (Kinds of wind)
- sauerkraut (Terms for a German)
- saw bench (A framework for sawing wood)
- sawbuck (A framework for sawing wood)
- sawmill, born in a (When someone behaves without manners: “You’d think he was _____.”) (Age)
- sawmill gravy (Gravy)
- saw-whet owl (Kinds of owls)
- scalawag (Age)
- scale (To skip stones over the water)
- scallion (A small-bulbed, long-necked onion)
- Scandihoovian (Terms for a Scandinavian)
- Scandinavian (Terms for a Scandinavian)
- scat (After someone sneezes, people say, “_____!”)
- schafskopf (Favorite card games) (Age)
- schnecke (Kinds of pastries)
- schnitz (Favored local foods or foods others might not know)
- schoolgoing (To stay away from school without an excuse)
- scoot (To move over)
- scooter (Kinds of plows)
- scours (Diarrhea)
- scrap (Forms of chewing tobacco)
- scrapple (Favored local foods or foods others might not know) (Foods made with parts of the head and internal organs of animals)
- scratcher (Sex)
- scritch owl (Kinds of owls)
- scrooch owl (Kinds of owls)
- scrub (Bat-and-ball games)
- scrub broom (Kinds of brooms)
- Scuffletown (Nickname for a part of town, especially a poor neighborhood)
- sea cook (Son of a _____)
- second cutting (The crop from a second growth of hay)
- seed (The hard center of a peach)
- seesaw (A seesaw)
- semi (A semitrailer and truck)
- serenade (A noisy neighborhood celebration after a wedding)
- setback (Favorite card games)
- set horses(, not to) (When people don’t get along together, they don’t _____.) (Race)
- setline (Fishing devices)
- seven-year onion (A self-seeding or perennial onion)
- sewing needle (A dragonfly)
- shad fly (The mayfly)
- shakedown (Age)
- shallot (A small-bulbed, long-necked onion)
- shank’s pony, ride (Sex)
- Shawnee (lettuce) (Greens, eaten raw or cooked)
- sheaf (Cut grain is tied up in _____.)
- she-crab soup (Favored local foods or foods others might not know)
- sheeny (Names or nicknames for religions or religious groups...Jew:)
- sheep (Noise made by a sheep) (A call to sheep)
- sheepie (A call to sheep)
- sheepshead (Favorite card games)
- shelter (An underground shelter)
- shepherd’s pie (Favored local foods or foods others might not know)
- shine (Illegal night-hunting) (Bad or illegal liquor) (Terms for an African-American) (Sex) (Sex)
- shinny (To climb a tree trunk by holding on with your legs while pulling yourself up with your hands)
- shirttail (A small or partial load)
- shit, meaner than (Sex)
- shivaree (A noisy neighborhood celebration after a wedding)
- shivering owl (Kinds of owls)
- shock (A small pile of hay standing in the field)
- shoes, throw up one’s (Age)
- shoestring (Cheap candies for children)
- shoofly pie (Kinds of desserts favored here) (Age)
- shoo-shoo (When a firecracker doesn’t go off, and you break it and light it in the middle, that’s a _____.)
- shooter (Kinds of playing marbles)
- shouting Methodist (Names or nicknames for religions or religious groups...Protestant:)
- shove (To move over)
- shovel plow (Kinds of plows)
- show out (To move or act in a way that makes people notice you)
- shuck (The covering of peas, dry beans) (The thick outside covering of a walnut)
- shucks, not to amount to (Age)
- sic ’em(, not to know) (A person who seems very stupid: “He doesn’t know _____.”) (Age)
- sick at (Sick _____ one’s stomach)
- sick on (Sick _____ one’s stomach)
- sick to (Sick _____ one’s stomach)
- sidehill plow (Kinds of plows)
- side meat (Bacon, salt pork)
- side of sole leather (I wouldn’t know him from (a) _____.)
- side pork (Bacon, salt pork)
- sidewalk plot (The strip of grass between the sidewalk and the curb)
- siding (House siding)
- siditty (Race)
- signature (One’s signature)
- silver bell (Cheap candies for children)
- singletree (A singletree)
- sinker (Kinds of pastries)
- sinking spell (Age)
- sit-down (Age)
- sitter (Age)
- Siwash (Terms for a Native American)
- sizzer (When a firecracker doesn’t go off, and you break it and light it in the middle, that’s a _____.)
- skate (To skip stones over the water) (Age) (Age) (Sex)
- skeet (To skip stones over the water)
- skew-gee (Something that has gotten out of proper shape) (Askew; out of line)
- skew-haw(ed) (Something that has gotten out of proper shape)
- skew-jaw(ed) (Something that has gotten out of proper shape)
- skew-wampus (Something that has gotten out of proper shape) (Askew; out of line)
- skift (A light or brief snowfall) (A rowboat holding no more than two people)
- skillet (A metal pan for frying food)
- skillpot (Kinds of turtles)
- skim (A light or brief snowfall)
- skimmelton (A noisy neighborhood celebration after a wedding) (Age)
- skin (To climb a tree trunk by holding on with your legs while pulling yourself up with your hands)
- skin diseases (Skin diseases)
- skinny (To climb a tree trunk by holding on with your legs while pulling yourself up with your hands)
- skip (To stay away from school without an excuse)
- skitters (Diarrhea)
- skull orchard (Sex)
- skunk-drunk (Very drunk)
- sky west and crooked (Askew; out of line)
- slack (If one quarter of a cow’s udder does not give milk, she’s _____.)
- slapjack (A pancake)
- slaunchwise (Askew; out of line) (Age)
- sled (A wheelless vehicle for dragging heavy loads, especially for dragging stones from a field) (To run with a sled and throw oneself down on it is a _____.)
- sleigh(s) (Sleighs for moving loads or people)
- slide (A wheelless vehicle for dragging heavy loads, especially for dragging stones from a field)
- sling blade (A hand tool for cutting brush and weeds)
- slinging statues (Outdoor games)
- slip (To move over)
- slip is showing (Your slip is showing)
- slop jar (A chamber pot)
- slough (Low or wet ground) (To stay away from school without an excuse)
- smear (Favorite card games)
- smearcase (Cottage cheese)
- smoothing iron (An iron for pressing cloth)
- snail (Kinds of pastries)
- snake doctor (A dragonfly)
- snake feeder (A dragonfly)
- snake, meaner than a (Meaner than _____)
- snakes (Kinds of snakes around here)
- snakes in one’s boots (Age) (Community Type)
- snap bean (Beans you eat in the pod)
- snapper (Kinds of turtles)
- sneaky Pete (Nicknames for wine)
- snipe (A cigarette butt)
- snoose (Forms of chewing tobacco)
- snowfall (A light or brief snowfall)
- snowing down South, it’s (Your slip is showing)
- snuffer (One who takes snuff)
- soak (One who drinks steadily or a great deal)
- social (A meeting called a ‘social’ or ‘sociable’) (Age)
- soda (A soft drink)
- soda pop (A soft drink)
- soda water (A soft drink)
- soil (Local soil types)
- soldier (To waste time, idle) (Age)
- some pumpkins (Age)
- somersault (A somersault)
- somerset (A somersault)
- son of a (Son of a _____)
- soo (A call to cows)
- sook (A call to cows)
- sop (Gravy)
- sot (One who drinks steadily or a great deal)
- souse (Foods made with parts of the head and internal organs of animals) (One who drinks steadily or a great deal)
- souse meat (Foods made with parts of the head and internal organs of animals)
- South, it’s snowing down (Your slip is showing)
- sowbelly (Bacon, salt pork)
- spade (Race)
- Spanish needle (Prickly seeds that cling to clothing)
- spatula (Kitchen tool for turning fried food) (Age)
- speakeasy (A bar selling liquor illegally)
- special (Gasoline—the expensive kind)
- spell (To cast a spell on a person) (A spell or charm) (Age) (Race)
- spew (Of a liquid: to scatter in all directions) (To vomit)
- spewer (When a firecracker doesn’t go off, and you break it and light it in the middle, that’s a _____.)
- spider (A metal pan for frying food)
- spills (Pine needles)
- spit image (Age)
- splay (Age)
- splinter (Small pieces of wood used to start a fire)
- split beans from coffee (A person who seems very stupid: “He doesn’t know _____.”)
- spoiled (If one quarter of a cow’s udder does not give milk, she’s _____.)
- spondulicks (Age)
- spook (A hobgoblin used to make children behave)
- spoon (Age)
- spoon bread (Kinds of cornbread)
- spotlight (Illegal night-hunting)
- spouting (A roof gutter; occasionally a downspout) (Age)
- spring frog (A treefrog)
- spring onion (A small-bulbed, long-necked onion)
- spring peeper (A treefrog)
- spritz (Of a liquid: to scatter in all directions)
- squat tag (Outdoor games)
- squawed (Askew; out of line)
- squinch owl (Kinds of owls)
- squirts (Diarrhea)
- staff (The part of a pen one holds)
- stake-and-rider fence (Age)
- stanchel (Age)
- stand in with (Age)
- statues (Outdoor games)
- stewer (A large kettle for boiling food)
- stickball (Bat-and-ball games)
- stick bean (Kinds of beans and peas grown locally)
- stick broom (Kinds of brooms)
- stick-frog (Mumblety-peg or a similar game) (Age)
- stick-knife (Mumblety-peg or a similar game)
- sticktight (Prickly seeds that cling to clothing)
- stinkpot (Kinds of turtles)
- stitch (To do the least bit of work)
- stock (The part of a pen one holds)
- stogie (Age)
- stone (A rock or stone) (The hard center of a peach)
- stoneboat (A wheelless vehicle for dragging heavy loads, especially for dragging stones from a field)
- stone drag (A wheelless vehicle for dragging heavy loads, especially for dragging stones from a field) (Age)
- stone fence (A stone wall made without mortar)
- stone wall (A stone wall made without mortar)
- stook (Age)
- store-bought (False teeth)
- store teeth (False teeth)
- storm house (An underground shelter)
- storm pit (An underground shelter)
- stove lid (A circular metal lid on a wood-burning stove)
- straight up (A person who seems very stupid: “He doesn’t know _____.”)
- straw (Pine needles)
- streaked meat (Bacon, salt pork)
- streak of lean (Bacon, salt pork)
- stream (A small stream)
- streetcar (An electric car that runs on tracks in the city)
- street, in the (Sex) (Race)
- string bean (Beans you eat in the pod)
- stump (A cigarette butt)
- stump-hole liquor (Bad or illegal liquor)
- stump juice (Bad or illegal liquor)
- stump-jumper (A rustic or countrified person)
- stump, up a (Pregnant; to be pregnant)
- stupid (A person who seems very stupid: “He doesn’t know _____.”) (Age) (Sex)
- submarine sandwich (A sandwich in a long bun that’s a meal in itself)
- suck-egg dog (Age)
- sucker (Candy on a stick for children to lick)
- sugar bush (Where sugar-producing trees grow together and sap is gathered)
- sugar camp (Where sugar-producing trees grow together and sap is gathered)
- sugar orchard (Where sugar-producing trees grow together and sap is gathered)
- sundown (Dusk, twilight)
- sup (Age)
- suppender (pronunciation) (Education)
- surveyor (One whose job is to take care of local roads)
- suspender (pronunciation) (Education)
- suspicion (Age)
- swale (Low or wet ground)
- swallows (Kinds of swallows)
- swan (Exclamations like “I swear”: “I _____.”)
- swanny (Exclamations like “I swear”: “I _____.”)
- swather (A hay-handling machine)
- sweep (Kinds of plows)
- sweet corn (Corn suitable for eating)
- Sweet Lucy (Nicknames for wine)
- swelling (A hard, painful swelling, often on a finger) (Age)
- swing blade (A hand tool for cutting brush and weeds)
- swingletree (A singletree)
- swish broom (Race)
- switch, hide the (Games with a hidden object)
- swivel(ed), swivelly (Too small to be worth much; shriveled, dried up)
- swizzled (Race)
T
- taco (Favored local foods or foods others might not know)
- tad (Age)
- tadpole(s) (To rain heavily: “It’s raining _____.”) (A very young frog)
- tags (Pine needles)
- take down with (Age)
- take the pipe (Age) (Sex)
- Tally (Terms for an Italian)
- tamale (Favored local foods or foods others might not know)
- tamale pie (Favored local foods or foods others might not know)
- ta-ta (Sex)
- taw (Kinds of playing marbles)
- taw line (The line toward which players roll marbles to determine the order of shooting)
- tea towel (A dish towel)
- tea up (Age)
- tedder (A hay-handling machine)
- teeter (A seesaw) (Age)
- teeter-totter (A seesaw)
- teeth (False teeth) (Age)
- telephone (Ways of fishing)
- terrace (The strip of grass between the sidewalk and the curb)
- terrapin (Kinds of turtles)
- tetter (Skin diseases) (Race)
- thank you (Thank you) (Sex)
- the curse (Sex)
- the fidgets (Age)
- (the) flux (Diarrhea) (Age)
- (the) rheumatics (Age) (Education) (Community Type)
- thick milk (Thick sour milk)
- thimble (Games with a hidden object)
- three-titter (If one quarter of a cow’s udder does not give milk, she’s _____.)
- throw (To throw (something))
- throw line (Fishing devices)
- throw up one’s shoes (Age)
- thunder jug (A chamber pot)
- thunder mug (A chamber pot)
- tick (Age)
- tickle bone (Funny bone)
- tick-tack-too (Tick-tack-toe)
- tight line (Ways of fishing)
- tilly hawk (Kinds of hawks)
- time out (A call to pause play or demand an exception)
- tip (Sex) (Race)
- tip-up (Fishing devices)
- tit-tat-toe (Tick-tack-toe)
- tit-tat-too (Tick-tack-toe)
- to (Time between the half hour and the hour: “It’s a quarter _____ 12.”) (Sick _____ one’s stomach) (The wrong way round)
- toad (A toad)
- toad-frog(s) (To rain heavily: “It’s raining _____.”) (A toad)
- toadstabber (A large, folding pocket knife)
- toad-strangler (A heavy rain)
- tobacco (A cigarette) (A cigarette butt) (Forms of chewing tobacco) (One who takes snuff) (Age)
- toe itch (Skin diseases)
- toe line (The line toward which players roll marbles to determine the order of shooting)
- togs (Sex)
- toilet, outdoor (Names or joking names for an outdoor toilet building)
- tongue (The shaft for hitching horses to a wagon)
- tonic (A soft drink)
- tonk (Race)
- toot (To fart)
- tooth dentist (Joking words for a dentist)
- tooth doctor (Joking words for a dentist)
- toper (One who drinks steadily or a great deal)
- torpedo sandwich (A sandwich in a long bun that’s a meal in itself)
- tortilla (Favored local foods or foods others might not know)
- toss one’s cookies (To vomit)
- to the queen’s taste (Age)
- touched (Age)
- tow bag (A large burlap bag)
- towel (A dish towel)
- town ball (Bat-and-ball games)
- tow sack (A large burlap bag)
- toy (Kinds of playing marbles) (Race)
- toy (line) (The line toward which players roll marbles to determine the order of shooting)
- trace (Leathers or ropes that a horse pulls by)
- tractor-trailer (A semitrailer and truck)
- trade-last (A compliment given in exchange for one about oneself)
- traffic circle (A junction where traffic moves in one direction around a circular island)
- trailer truck (A semitrailer and truck)
- transfer truck (A semitrailer and truck)
- transport (A semitrailer and truck)
- trap (The fenced or open area around a barn)
- trash mover (A heavy rain)
- traverse (Sleighs for moving loads or people)
- tree belt (The strip of grass between the sidewalk and the curb)
- tree frog (Small frogs that sing in the spring) (A treefrog)
- tree lawn (The strip of grass between the sidewalk and the curb)
- tree toad (Small frogs that sing in the spring) (A treefrog)
- trestle (A framework for sawing wood)
- trim (To castrate an animal)
- trolley (An electric car that runs on tracks in the city)
- trotline (Fishing devices)
- trough (A roof gutter; occasionally a downspout)
- trunk (Words to designate roads named with letters or numbers)
- trustee (One whose job is to take care of local roads)
- tug (Leathers or ropes that a horse pulls by)
- tumble (A small pile of hay standing in the field)
- tumblesault (A somersault)
- tumbleset (A somersault)
- tureen (dinner) (A potluck)
- turn a hand (over) (To do the least bit of work)
- turning plow (Kinds of plows)
- turnover (Kitchen tool for turning fried food)
- turnplow (Kinds of plows)
- turtles (Kinds of turtles)
- twist (Forms of chewing tobacco)
- twister (Kinds of pastries)
U
- umbershoot (Age)
- umbrella plant (A mayapple)
- uncle (I give up!)
- Uncle Tom (Race)
- unsight unseen (Age)
- up a stump (Pregnant; to be pregnant)
- upchuck (Sex) (Education)
- urp (To vomit)
V
- V (Age)
- vessel (A chamber pot) (Age)
- viewing (The gathering before a funeral at the place where the body is)
- vino (Nicknames for wine)
- visitation (The gathering before a funeral at the place where the body is)
- visiting hours (The gathering before a funeral at the place where the body is)
- vomick (To vomit)
- vomit (To vomit) (Age) (Age) (Sex) (Education)
- voodoo (A spell or charm)
- vum (Exclamations like “I swear”: “I _____.”) (Age)
W
- wampus (An imaginary creature, monster, or animal)
- wamus (A man’s work jacket)
- warty toad (A toad)
- wasp (A wasp that builds a nest of mud) (Age)
- waste (Race)
- water witch (A forked stick used to find water underground) (A person who uses a forked stick to find water)
- water witcher (A person who uses a forked stick to find water)
- wear the hatching jacket (Pregnant; to be pregnant)
- weasly (Too small to be worth much; shriveled, dried up)
- weatherboard (House siding)
- wen (Age)
- whang (Community Type)
- wheat cake (A pancake)
- wheel (Age)
- wheelbar (pronunciation) (Education)
- wheelbarrow (pronunciation) (Education)
- where the Indian(s) shot you (Sex)
- whicker (The noise a horse makes)
- whiffle (A man’s haircut)
- whiffletree (A singletree)
- w(h)inner (The noise a horse makes)
- whippletree (A singletree)
- whippoorwill pea (Kinds of beans and peas grown locally)
- whipstick (A game in which a stick on the ground is flipped in the air and hit with a longer stick)
- whiskey-palian (Names or nicknames for religions or religious groups...Protestant:)
- whistle pig (A woodchuck)
- white bacon (Bacon, salt pork)
- white lightning (Bad or illegal liquor)
- white mule (Bad or illegal liquor)
- white potato (Names for potatoes)
- whomper-jawed (Something that has gotten out of proper shape)
- whoop-and-hide (Outdoor games)
- whopper-jawed (Something that has gotten out of proper shape)
- widow (Community Type)
- wiggler (The common worm used as bait) (A mosquito larva)
- wiggletail (A mosquito larva)
- wiggleworm (A mosquito larva)
- wildcat (Nicknames for the wildcat) (Bad or illegal liquor)
- willow fly (The mayfly)
- wind (Of wind: to decrease) (Kinds of wind)
- wind-busted (Of a horse: short of breath)
- wine (Nicknames for wine)
- winter onion (A self-seeding or perennial onion) (A small-bulbed, long-necked onion)
- witchgrass (Quack grass)
- witching stick (A forked stick used to find water underground)
- wizzled (up) (Too small to be worth much; shriveled, dried up)
- wolf over the river (Outdoor games)
- woodchuck (A woodchuck)
- woodpeckers (Joking names for woodpeckers)
- woods colt (A child of unmarried parents)
- woody (Of root vegetables: old, tough, not good to eat)
- wop (Terms for an Italian)
- wopsided (Something that has gotten out of proper shape)
- work (To castrate an animal)
- work-brittle (Age)
- workhorse (A framework for sawing wood)
- work on (To castrate an animal)
- work-up (Bat-and-ball games)
- world, go (all the way) around (To do something in an indirect and complicated way)
- worm(s) (The common worm used as bait)
- wriggler (A mosquito larva)
X
- X’s-and-O’s (Tick-tack-toe)
Y
- yard broom (Kinds of brooms)
- yeast (Age)
- yeast (pronunciation) (Education)
- yelk (pronunciation) (Age) (Education)
- yellow (Education)
- yellow-eyed bean (Kinds of beans and peas grown locally)
- Yid (Names or nicknames for religions or religious groups...Jew:)
- yolk (pronunciation) (Age) (Education)
- your daddy loves you best (Your slip is showing)
- yulk (pronunciation) (Age)