cowboy boot
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cowboy boot
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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“A group of sweet seniors shyly asked Costner to pose for a picture with them as he waited at a red light, tapping his cowboy boot in irritation.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2025
Without knowing what it was, I use my notebook to fling it into the ground, where she squashed it with her purple cowboy boot.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2023
The cowboy boot is one of them, nestled in the slender Venn diagram center of masculinizing footwear and height-augmenting footwear.
From Slate ● Mar. 7, 2023
Partners Logan Caldbeck and Colt Miller handmake Western-inspired leather ankle boots and mules in different leather options using the same techniques as small-shop cowboy boot markers.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 24, 2022
I take photos all around: an herb garden planted in a giant cowboy boot; bicycles chained to the fences; a nautical steering wheel hung on a rail, splitting the sun into triangles on the ground.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
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