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cowpuncher

[kou-puhn-cher] / ˈkaʊˌpʌn tʃər /




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After all, it is a snappy cowpuncher variation on Woody Guthrie’s “Dusty Old Dust/So Long It’s Been Good to Know Yuh” with Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, the folk legend’s old musical partner, singing along.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

He is both corrupt and pure, a dynastic potentate in a helicopter and a solitary cowpuncher in the saddle.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 20, 2018

Jim Williams had tried just about everything � cowpuncher, railroad fireman, mule skinner, tattooer, prize fighter, machinist.

From Time Magazine Archive

With six saddle-wary Secret Service agents in tow, the President's son had gone to the athletic community of San Diego Country Estates for some lessons in bareback riding, bulldogging and other cowpuncher skills.

From Time Magazine Archive

Seeing Ratty M’Gill had reminded him that the cowpuncher had once troubled Frances, and Pratt had ridden down this way to offer his escort to the old ranchman’s daughter.

From Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure by Marlowe, Amy Bell




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