cow country
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cow country
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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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
The King and Queen of cow country, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, work out in a waterlogged rodeo.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was ideal cow country and the herbage was succulent and rich.
From The Boy Ranchers in Death Valley or Diamond X and the Poison Mystery by Willard F. Baker
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