cowpuncher

Example Sentences

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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

He had fought his way up from cowpuncher to millionaire by sheer strength of will and brains.

From The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land by Stuart, Gordon