cowpoke

[kou-pohk]

noun

Southwestern U.S.

1. a cowboy or cowgirl.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cowpoke¹

1880–85; cow ¹ + poke ¹ (probably formed after cowpuncher )

Example Sentences

The latter film is one of Keaton’s lesser-known but still brilliantly limned stone-faced satires, in this case involving cowpokes and its star’s tender feelings for a milk cow.

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As families dine while seated on brick-red benches and tree stumps, a guitar-strumming crooner in a cowboy hat and boots serenades with classic cowpoke tunes.

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“Get your cowpoke feet out of my shooting area!”

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At Mr. Abloh’s Vuitton show, for instance, there was the indelible vision of a model kitted out like some intergalactic cowpoke in a brightly patterned and quilted skirt suit adorned with a large cloth rose.

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It’s nearly 50 years since Michael Crichton directed “Westworld,” adapted from his novel about a dust-bowl theme park whose chief robot cowpoke turns rogue and begins dueling for real.

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