cowhand

[ kou-hand ]

noun

Origin of cowhand

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; cow¹ + hand

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You go to a ranch and get a job as a cowhand and rope a calf the way they do at the rodeo, and they’ll throw you out in a minute.
He Did Right by Animals. And Didn’t Take Bull from Anyone. - Issue 109: Excavation | Brandon Keim | December 15, 2021 | Nautilus
He gave up drinking thereafter and went to work for the "Three Seven" outfit as an ordinary cowhand.
Roosevelt in the Bad Lands | H. Hagedorn.
Yuh sure it wasn't that cowhand called Yuma that put yuh up tuh findin' out what my intentions was regardin' Mort?
The Lone Ranger Rides | Fran Striker
Harry Collins, advertising copywriter, had become Harry Sanders, working cowhand.
This Crowded Earth | Robert Bloch
Presently the dark-faced cowhand appeared in the gathering dawn.
The Lone Ranger Rides | Fran Striker

Well, what do you think of your first experience as a cowhand?
The Long Dim Trail | Forrestine C. Hooker

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