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oater
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oat·er  (tr)
n. Slang
A movie about frontier or cowboy life; a western.

[From the prominence of horses, known for their taste for oats, in such films.]


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He grew up in New York watching the oaters of Hopalong Cassidy, Rod Cameron, and Lash LaRue.
Byline: BOB STRAUSS >FILM CRITIC Probably the worst 1950s movie that gets mistaken for a great Western, "3:10 to Yuma" truly made such other self-important "meaningful" oaters as "High Noon" and "Shane" look hard-bitten and exciting.
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