cow country

American  

noun

1. a region of cattle ranches, as rural areas of the southwestern U.S., especially Texas.

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Etymology

Origin of cow country

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

In the early 1980s, H. Gary Morse, a onetime ad man, took over his father’s mobile home park in an unlovely patch of Florida cow country.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2022

Thirty years ago Hog Island was legitimate cow country.

From Washington Times • Mar. 7, 2021

Then – clank, clank – you’re back in cow country, meandering over and alongside delightful rivers.

From The Guardian • Jul. 19, 2015

Presley's manager, an ex-carnival barker called Colonel Tom Parker, said Elvis was too busy, instead touted Sands, who had traveled with Parker's road shows across the cow country.

From Time Magazine Archive

Probably the most miserable man in the whole cow country at this time was Smithy Caldwell.

From The Free Range by Duer, Douglas

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