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also buckeroos
as in cowboys
a hired hand who tends cattle or horses at a ranch or on the range
a rip-roaring buckaroo of the Old West
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The Cuckoo’s Nest/Zubie’s parking lot in Costa Mesa became ground zero for clashes between punks and cowboys.—
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“Buckaroos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buckaroos. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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