Definition of cowpokenext
as in cowboy
a hired hand who tends cattle or horses at a ranch or on the range it takes a long time to train a good cowpoke

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Recent Examples of cowpoke Younger kids can choose from a selection of small plates portioned for cowpokes. — Outside Online, 17 July 2024 His fictional protagonists have included ornery cowpokes and professors of esoterica. — The New Yorker, 12 June 2024 Real 19th-century cowpokes typically dressed in heavy canvas trousers, bowlers and wore rawhide chaps as armor against thorny vegetation and the general filth of the job. — Guy Trebay, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024 In the video, directed by Nicki Fletcher and Mason Allen, the two women walk around a rodeo as men ride bucking broncos, Murph raps a little, and the two women end up telling the cowpokes off. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2023 See All Example Sentences for cowpoke
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cowboy
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  • Unfortunately, negotiating with Uber and DoorDash takes time, money, and lawyers, and though those repercussions might show up eventually, and maybe even prove effective, e-bike cowboys are getting bolder, faster, and more defiant by the day.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The reigning Academy of Country Music’s Entertainer of the Year, who was a rodeo cowboy in his youth, has worked with Justin Boots on a collection of men’s boots.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026

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“Cowpoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cowpoke. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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