cowpoke

cow·poke

 (kou′pōk′)

n.

A cowboy or cowgirl.

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cow•poke

(ˈkaʊˌpoʊk)

n.

a cowboy or cowgirl.

[1880–85]

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Cowpoke

1. A contrivance hung about a cow’s neck to make it difficult for the cow to crawl through a fence. The poke was usually made of a light tree limb fork about three feet long. Factory-made models of iron straps were also available.

2. A colloquial expression for cowboy.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

cowpoke - a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback cowboy, cowhand, cowherd, cowman, cowpuncher, puncher, cattleman buckaroo, buckeroo, vaquero - local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California) cowgirl - a woman cowboy gaucho - a cowboy of the South American pampas horse wrangler, wrangler - a cowboy who takes care of the saddle horses ranch hand - a hired hand on a ranch roper - a cowboy who uses a lasso to rope cattle or horses

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Translations

cowpoke

[ˈkaʊpəʊk] N (US) → vaquero m

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