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

For more than 20 years, Best, a onetime cowpuncher, has run Canon City's stone prison with an iron fist.

From Time Magazine Archive

A onetime Nebraska cowpuncher, he had gone to the University of Michigan to study law.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I'll have your car put in with mine, Tom," said Lowell, who was dressed in cowpuncher attire, even to leather chaparejos.

From Mystery Ranch by Chapman, Arthur