cowboys and Indians
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cowboys and Indians
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
Example Sentences
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Cody spread the word about cowboys and Indians, Battle of the Little Bighorn and the Deadwood Stage throughout Europe.
From Washington Times • Aug. 2, 2017
Growing up in Texas, the son of a poor cotton farmer, he’d been enchanted by tales of the Osage Hills—that vestige of the American frontier where cowboys and Indians were said to still roam.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 1, 2017
He talked about his father, who had died a week and half earlier and who only painted pictures of cowboys and Indians.
From The Verge • Mar. 23, 2016
But at least some of today’s cowboys and Indians share a common objective: stopping the Keystone XL pipeline.
From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2014
He became a plain on which, like the cowboys and Indians in the movies, she and her husband fought.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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