cow country
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cow country
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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In the early 1980s, H. Gary Morse, a onetime ad man, took over his father’s mobile home park in an unlovely patch of Florida cow country.
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2022
Thirty years ago Hog Island was legitimate cow country.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 7, 2021
Then – clank, clank – you’re back in cow country, meandering over and alongside delightful rivers.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 19, 2015
Presley's manager, an ex-carnival barker called Colonel Tom Parker, said Elvis was too busy, instead touted Sands, who had traveled with Parker's road shows across the cow country.
From Time Magazine Archive
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You mentioned somethin' about Montana bein' considerable of a cow country.
From The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
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