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
Last week, as it pushed into the central cow country, the Live Stock Special had drawn 19,000 sightseers in 15 towns.
From Time Magazine Archive
This remark led to the old debate that was never-ending in the cow country, breaking out afresh in every bunk house and exhaustively rediscussed.
From The Settling of the Sage by Hal G. (Hal George) Evarts
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