as in cowboys
a hired hand who tends cattle or horses at a ranch or on the range
cowpunchers hanging out and telling stories during branding time
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cowboys
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Why not make a series of records, this person suggested, modeled after Cormac McCarthy’s Border Trilogy, the beloved writer’s set of novels about young cowboys in the American Southwest?—
Stephen Thomas Erlewine,
Pitchfork,
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At the time, however, the frontier – with its rugged cowboys, miners and railroad men – defined American manhood.—
Miriam Eve Mora,
The Conversation,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Cowpunchers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cowpunchers. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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