dude ranch
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dude ranch
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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For those who couldn’t visit his dude ranch, Henson began shipping packets of ranch seasoning.
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
And we’ve stayed at a dude ranch in Arizona, riding horses, swimming laps, dishing on guests and wranglers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
Jerry G. carried the cross downstairs, heaved it back into the station wagon, and drove a half-mile south through sagebrush land to the dude ranch incinerator.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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