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Synonyms
Examples of cowpoke in a Sentence
a movie about a couple of old cowpokes
it takes a long time to train a good cowpoke
Recent Examples on the Web
Real 19th-century cowpokes typically dressed in heavy canvas trousers, bowlers and wore rawhide chaps as armor against thorny vegetation and the general filth of the job.
—Guy Trebay, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024
His fictional protagonists have ranged from ornery cowpokes to professors of esoterica.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2024
In the video, directed by Nicki Fletcher and Mason Allen, the two women walk around a rodeo as men ride bucking broncos, Murph raps a little, and the two women end up telling the cowpokes off.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2023
Order this: The two-meat place is a cowpoke’s delight.
—Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 6 June 2023
Such a role could easily come off as bloodless, but Hauser, whose baby face peeks behind a dark beard, imbues the character with the noble loneliness of a true cowpoke.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2023
Because there's so much personality in plastic cowpoke Woody's voice, the Pixar animated classic is a no-brainer to include on any Hanks retrospective.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2023
After a day exploring the park's hiking trails and chasing waterfalls inside the park (40 minutes away by car), soothe your tired bones in the property’s bubbling hot tub as a ranch hand serenades you with cowpoke tunes.
—Emily Pennington, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Jan. 2022
His name was Buzz Lightyear, defender of decency and good dentistry throughout the cosmos, and thanks to his chemistry with a cowpoke named Woody, this popular (and highly merchandisable) plastic-fantastic hero became an interstellar superstar.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1881, in the meaning defined above
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Cite this Entry
“Cowpoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cowpoke. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
cowpoke
noun
cow·poke
ˈkau̇-ˌpōk
: cowboy
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