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Recent Examples of cowpoke 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 Order this: The two-meat place is a cowpoke’s delight. Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 6 June 2023 See All Example Sentences for cowpoke
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cowboy
Noun
  • For the past few weeks, he’s been embroiled in a back-and-forth feud with cowboy singer Charley Crockett.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The pair showed off their playful side by dressing as ninjas for a Halloween Instagram post in 2023 and later decked out in cowboy-and-cowgirl outfits to celebrate her birthday in 2024.
    Nasha Smith, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Cowpoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cowpoke. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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