Cowboy vs X - What's the difference?
cowboy | x |
A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
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A man who identifies with cowboy culture, including wearing a cowboy hat and being a fan of country and western music.
(label) A person who engages in reckless behavior, especially for the purpose of showing off.
A dishonest and/or incompetent independent tradesman.
A playing card of king rank.
To work as a cowboy, herding cattle.
* 1994 , Sherry Robinson, El Malpais, Mt. Taylor, and the Zuni Mountains: a hiking guide and history
* 1995 , American Cowboy (volume 2, number 4, Nov-Dec 1995, page 26)
* 2003 , C. J. Hadley, Trappings of the Great Basin Buckaroo
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
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As a noun cowboy
is cowboy.As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.cowboy
English
Noun
(en noun)Coordinate terms
* cowgirlHypernyms
* cowhand * cowperson * cowpokeSee also
* cattleman * buckarooVerb
(en verb)- Besides cowboying he worked at a small sawmill that cut logs into "four slabs and a tie" and sold ties to the railroad.
- Derwood Bailey cowboyed for 50 cents a day, a noon meal, and a gallon of oats for his horse.
- I still had never ridden or cowboyed , and I wanted to learn something about it. I'd been making the damn saddles for years but didn't know how to use them.
References
* Weisenberg, Michael (2000)The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523 ----