cow town

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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You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?

First recorded in 1880–85

But mentionin' color, the thought of that little affair do make my face as red as a cow-town on pay-day.
Yellowstone Nights|Herbert Quick
While the sting of the cow-town whisky was still rankling in their throats a man entered the front door.
When the West Was Young|Frederick R. Bechdolt
A couple of rude groceries completed the necessary equipment of a "cow-town."
The Eagle's Heart|Hamlin Garland
Willets was a cow-town, and for the winter its activity was over.
The Trail Horde|Charles Alden Seltzer

Bear Cat was a cow-town, still in its frankest, most exuberant youth.
The Fighting Edge|William MacLeod Raine