Comments on: 17 Cowboy Insults: From Western Greenhorns to Bluebellies https://www.oldwest.org/old-west-insults/ American West History & Wild West Legends Mon, 16 Dec 2024 23:36:53 +0000 hourly 1 By: Garry L. Todd https://www.oldwest.org/old-west-insults/#comment-2879 Mon, 16 Dec 2024 23:36:53 +0000 https://www.oldwest.org/?p=676#comment-2879 In reply to Norm.

They’re saying, “sodbuster”…making fun of Lucas McCain for being a farmer.

]]> By: Norm https://www.oldwest.org/old-west-insults/#comment-2347 Sat, 26 Oct 2024 20:15:41 +0000 https://www.oldwest.org/?p=676#comment-2347 I’ve been watching an old cowboy tv show called “the rifleman”, they seem to use the word ‘Side-Buster’ quite often, as an insult. I just wondered what it meant.

Example: A man would help the sheriff to coral a criminal, and the criminal says “I’m gonna get you sheriff, and you, Side-Buster!”

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