country-and-western

[kuhn-tree-uhn-wes-tern]

noun

1. country music.

country and western

noun

1. another name for country music

2. a fusion of cowboy songs and Appalachian music

3. ( as modifier )

   country-and-western music

Word History and Origins

Origin of country-and-western¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

“I am a rock and rollin’, country-and-western, rhythm and blues-singin’ motherf——-,” he told the audience.

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“I am a rock and rollin’, country-and-western, rhythm and blues-singin’ motherf—–,” he told the audience.

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Curly, played by Sean Grandillo with the guitar-slinging aplomb of a country-and-western recording star, has the straightest of hair.

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“I was in this country-and-western musical in the East Village,” she told The San Francisco Chronicle in 1990.

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He made “Another Side,” what he has referred to as his “country-and-western album,” and then it disappeared.

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