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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

With six saddle-wary Secret Service agents in tow, the President's son had gone to the athletic community of San Diego Country Estates for some lessons in bareback riding, bulldogging and other cowpuncher skills.

From Time Magazine Archive

Before and during the Civil War he was a sheep herder and cowpuncher.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves. Texas Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration