
Drinking too much alcohol in the Old West was a year-round sporting event and, of course, had its own slang. If someone was drunk they were “in their cups,” or “on a toot.” In additon to being “ripped,” or “smashed,” a cowboy might be described as “being on a bender.” A disheveled, or “dead drunk” was described as “swacked,” “owled,” “sozzled,” “pruned” or “sluiced.” And someone spotted as being “lit up” was said to be “having his flag out.”
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In 1999, Bob Boze Bell and partners bought True West magazine (published since 1953) and moved the editorial offices to Cave Creek, Arizona. Bell has published and illustrated books on Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday, as well as Classic Gunfights, an Old West gunfight book series. His latest books are The 66 Kid and True West Moments.