Meaning of take the studs | Babel Free

Definitions

To act in a balky and uncooperative manner.

Midlands, Southern-US

Examples

“Pap has taken the studs, and I have⟳ made up my mind⟳ to leave⟳ here for good and all.”

“When I was eight years old my mother started me to an old water mill with two bushels of corn to get⟳ meal and put⟳ me on an old mule named "John," put⟳ a spur on my right heel to make⟳ the old mule go if he took the studs.”

“She said, "When I was passing Wily B. Smiths," who was the hoot'n‑toot'n lad "Tanner" adopted, "the mule I was riding took the studs and began going backwards. Try⟳ as I did, it wouldn't budge forward⟳."”

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