dude ranch
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dude ranch
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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Their travels will bring them as far as a dude ranch in Texas and the Grand Canyon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Ranch dressing was pioneered in Alaska, popularized on a dude ranch in California and perfected by food scientists before it spread all over the nation and on every food imaginable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
A few years later, Henson and his wife, Gayle, opened a dude ranch in Santa Barbara County called, in a stroke of eventual marketing serendipity, Hidden Valley Ranch.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2025
At the all-inclusive dude ranch, summer outdoor activities include fly fishing and paddle boarding.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
In the summertime, when business slowed down, Dusty would head out to Colorado and work at a dude ranch, taking tourists into the mountains for brook trout.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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