country-and-western

American  

[kuhn-tree-uhn-wes-tern] / ˈkʌn tri ənˈwɛs tərn /

noun

1. country music.

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country and western British  

noun

1. another name for country music

2. a fusion of cowboy songs and Appalachian music

3. ( as modifier )

   country-and-western music

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Etymology

Origin of country-and-western

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times

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

From New York Times

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

From New York Times

The EP ends with a flourish, especially in the hands of consummate songwriter Linda Perry, who shares her talents with Starr on "Coming Undone," a country-and-western confection along the lines of "Act Naturally" and "Honey Don't."

From Salon

When they asked him what he heard in corny country-and-western — seemingly at odds with his avant-garde, big-city bebop — he’d tell them he liked the stories.

From Washington Post