cow town

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noun

a small town, especially one in a cattle-raising district in the western U.S. or Canada.

a town or city, especially in the western U.S. or Canada, from which cattle are shipped to market.

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Origin of cow town

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby cow town

cowshed, cowskin, cowslip, cow-spanker, cowtail, cow town, cow tree, cow vetch, cox, COX-2 inhibitor, coxa

How to use cow town in a sentence

Indeed, although he works here in the old town, he lives in the new part of the city where he walks his dog in the morning.
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Their bodies were later found incinerated and buried in mass graves outside of town.
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The sheriff charged them with truancy, and then he and his officers ran them out of town.
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Some of the streets in this part of the town have seen large scale-destruction.
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The town, known in Arabic as Ayn al-Arab, is so significant to ISIS that the group calls it Ayn al-Islam.
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The Duchess had also a tent for their sick men; so that we had a small town of our own here, and every body employed.
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The garrison of the town and fortress was nearly three thousand strong.
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"I don't know whether I am going to like this or not--this coming to live in town," thought the little pig.
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Of course it is only the hardiest Ferns which can be expected to grow well in the town garden.
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The sun was shining when they arrived at Salon, the gayest, the most coquettish, the most laughing little town in Provence.
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