Trivia 11-15-18 Slang

[Trivia Master]

Give the meanings of these (4) Civil War soldiers' slang terms.
1. Chicken guts
2. Dog Robber.
3. Shanks Mare
4. Spondulix

credit: @Jimklag

 

[BlueNGrey]

Chicken Guts - gold braid used to denote officer ranks
Dog Robber - soldier detailed from the ranks to act as cook
Shanks Mare - on foot
Spondulix - money

http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~poindexterfamily/genealogy/CivilWar.html

 

[Copperhead-mi]

1. Officer's uniform braid
2. A soldier pulled from the ranks to act as a cook
3. To walk, to be on foot
4. Money

 

[Jimklag]

Credit for question.

 

[luinrina]

Interesting question!

1. It's the gold braid used on officers' uniforms.
2. It's a humorous name for a soldier assigned as an officer's servant or for one who cooked for his mess.
3. means "on foot"
4. means "money"

Sources: The Language of the Civil War (#2):


Life in Civil War America (#1, 3 and 4):

 

[captaindrew]

1. Gold braid officer's insignia 2. Soldier on cook detail 3. On foot 4. Money

 

[FarawayFriend]

1) Chicken Guts - gold braid used to denote officer ranks
2) Dog Robber - soldier detailed from the ranks to act as cook
3) Shank's Mare (N): on foot
4) Spondulix - Money

Source:
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~poindexterfamily/genealogy/CivilWar.html

 

[DBF]

Chicken Guts - gold braid used to denote officer ranks
Dog Robber - soldier detailed from the ranks to act as cook
Shanks Mare - on foot
Spondulix - money
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~poindexterfamily/genealogy/CivilWar.html

 

[SWMODave]

1. Chicken guts - gold braid used to denote officer ranks
2. Dog Robber. - soldier detailed from the ranks to act as cook
3. Shanks Mare - on foot
4. Spondulix - money

Source

 

[connecticut yankee]

Chicken Guts - gold braid used to denote officer ranks
Dog Robber - soldier detailed from the ranks to act as cook
Shanks Mare - on foot
Spondulix - money

I added this somber one from the same source----Somebody's Darling - comment when observing a dead soldier

Source: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~poindexterfamily/genealogy/CivilWar

 

[ErnieMac]

Chicken Guts - Slang for an officer's gold braiding on his cuff.
Dog Robber - Soldier detailed from the ranks to act as cook or a slang term for an Aide de camp.
Shanks Mare - The lower part of the leg between the knee and ankle.
Spondulix - 19th/20th century slang term for money/cash mentioned in diaries and letters home.

Items 1, 2 and 4 were taken from https://civilwartalk.com/forums/the-civil-war-from-a-to-z.41/
Item 2 - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shank's mare

 

[ErnieMac]

Should have said Item 3 - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shank's mare

Edit - The definition given in the source you supplied does not agree with the answer you gave.

hoosier

 

[GS]

1. Chicken guts: gold braid indicating officer rank
2. Dog robber: A U.S. Army tern of an officer's valet/orderly
3. Shanks mare: (shank is a shinbone) the term for being afoot, as in soldiers walking
4. Spondulix: money or cash

 

[GS]

"term" , not "tern"... LOL

 

[Zella]

This was fun! Need to start working these into everyday conversation. . . .

1. An officer's gold cuff braiding
2. Term for a soldier detailed to act as a cook or an aide-de-camp.
3. An infantry man's horse. I.e. his legs.
4. Also spondulicks. Money/cash mentioned in diaries and letters home.

1. https://civilwartalk.com/threads/chicken-guts.1989/
https://books.google.com/books?id=3aEJZRIxjDAC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false, p. 59

2. https://civilwartalk.com/threads/dog-robber.7782/
https://books.google.com/books?id=3aEJZRIxjDAC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false, p. 91

3. https://books.google.com/books?id=3aEJZRIxjDAC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false, p. 266

4. https://civilwartalk.com/threads/spondulicks.147979/
https://books.google.com/books?id=3aEJZRIxjDAC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false, p. 282

 

[Stony]

1. Chicken Guts - gold braid used to denote officer ranks.
2. Dog Robber - soldier detailed from the ranks to act as cook.
3. Shanks Mare - on foot.
4. Spondulix - money.
source-http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~poindexterfamily/genealogy/CivilWar.html

 

[Eleanor Rose]

Chicken Guts - uniform braid

Dog Robber - soldier detailed from the ranks to act as cook

Shank's Mare - on foot

Spondulix - money

 

[Brenal]

1.Chicken Guts - gold braid used to denote officer ranks
2.Dog Robber - soldier detailed from the ranks to act as cook
3.Shanks Mare - on foot
4.Spondulix - money
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~poindexterfamily/genealogy/CivilWar.html

 

[roberts]

1. Chicken guts - Gold braid used to denote an officer's rank.

2. Dog Robber - Soldier detailed from the ranks to act as a cook.

3. Shanks Mare - On foot.

4. Spondulix - Money.

 

[JOHN42768]

1) Gold brad on officers cuffs
2) Soldier selected to be the acting cook
3)Walking on ones own legs
4) Cash / money in hand