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

Henry Blanton is an alias for the 40-year-old cowpuncher whom Kramer selected to sit for her portrait of yet another vanishing American.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

“What’s that?” demanded the cowpuncher, his 113 face flaming instantly, and his black eyes sparkling.

From Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure by Marlowe, Amy Bell