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Definition of cow town

1 : a town or city that serves as a market center or shipping point for cattle
2 : a usually small unsophisticated town within a cattle-raising area

Examples of cow town in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Maybe, just maybe, Lock can be the new sheriff in this dusty old cow town. — Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, "Kiszla: Broncos Country has a brand new toy. Why quarterback Drew Lock is cooler than Buzz Lightyear.," 8 Dec. 2019 Sugar Bowl When the Sugar Bowl opened in 1958, Scottsdale was more cow town than swanky place to chow down. — Sonja Haller, azcentral, "Ultimate Scottsdale, Arizona, bucket list: Top 25 things to do," 9 Feb. 2015 Even the cow towns of the supposedly Wild West had gun laws far more strict than those found in any American jurisdiction today. — Joseph Blocher, Vox, "A gun debate compromise: let cities and rural areas pass different laws," 24 Mar. 2018 People come from all over the world to Abilene to get a sense of the cow town where a handful of rough-and-tumble characters used to drive thousands of cattle coming up from Texas. — Lauren Johnson And Jesse Sparks, Smithsonian, "The 20 Best Small Towns to Visit in 2017," 2 May 2017

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First Known Use of cow town

1885, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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“Cow town.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cow%20town. Accessed 28 Jan. 2021.

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