cowpuncher

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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

On New Year's Day, Governor George W. P. Hunt, bald and portly, onetime cowpuncher, who might well be called the father of his state, was inaugurated for the sixth time.

From Time Magazine Archive

Caan had little trouble with his cowpuncher part; riding rodeo happens to be a hobby of his.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was a rare thing to meet a cowpuncher who could not turn out biscuits of some degree of edibility, but we had a master hand.

From The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid by Collins, Dennis