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

Against him appeared SEC's Associated Gas specialist, a young Texas cowpuncher named Lewis Dabney.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gilbert Wright, now a writer, used to be a cowpuncher, a lifeguard, a utility technician, a tutor.

From Time Magazine Archive

A third member of the group, the round-faced and smiling cowpuncher, opened up with his pleasing drawl.

From Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance by Horton, Marcus