| 单词 | mossy-horn |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmossy-horn mossy-horn n. U.S. slang (a) an old steer; (b) (in extended use) an old cowboy. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bull > [noun] > castrated or bullock > old mossy-horn1885 piker1887 mallee piker1893 moss horn1923 1885 C. A. Siringo Texas Cow Boy viii. 75 They were all old mossy horn fellows from seven to twenty-seven years old. 1944 R. F. Adams Western Words 101/2 Mossy-horn, a Texas longhorn steer, six or more years old, whose horns have become wrinkled and scaly... The term sometimes is slangily applied to an old cowman. 1973 R. D. Symons Where Wagon Led i. vi. 93 It only takes one ole' mossy-horn to take fright at his own shadder to start the whole lot off. < as lemmas |
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