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
A onetime Nebraska cowpuncher, he had gone to the University of Michigan to study law.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cattlemen around San Antonio were getting ready to welcome a new part-time cowpuncher: Old Airman Eddie Riclcen-backer, who had paid $290,000 for the 2,700-acre Bear Creek Ranch.
From Time Magazine Archive
"That big cowpuncher from Sartwell's outfit sure got the agent's goat all right," said Sheriff Tom Redmond, in front of whose office the affair happened.
From Mystery Ranch by Chapman, Arthur
