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cowpuncher

[kou-puhn-cher] / ˈkaʊˌpʌn tʃər /




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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 cowpuncher also presented the President with 18 Chinese pheasants, hoped that they would be served at the first Custer Park meal.

From Time Magazine Archive

On New Year's Day, Governor George W. P. Hunt, bald and portly, onetime cowpuncher, who might well be called the father of his state, was inaugurated for the sixth time.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Sufferin’ Creek,” replied the cowpuncher, “an’ seems to me he’s got more grit than savvee.”

From The Twins of Suffering Creek by Cullum, Ridgwell




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