Longhorn
[lawng-hawrn, long-]
noun
Origin of Longhorn
long-horned beetle
[lawng-hawrnd, long-]
noun
Origin of long-horned beetle
First recorded in 1830–40
Also called longhorn.
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Jack Roberts was in two minds whether to stop at the Longhorn saloon.
Oh, You Tex!William Macleod Raine
There was not a longhorn among them; there has not been a longhorn on the range for many years.
The Passing of the FrontierEmerson Hough
I always work for wages, my pay I get in gold; I am bound to follow the longhorn steer until I am too old.
Cowboy SongsVarious
As she straightened up and turned to go, she beheld a Texas steer of the longhorn variety only a short distance away.
The Wrong WomanCharles D. Stewart
A Texas longhorn of the old school was enough to move anybody,—better calculated to do so than either the elk or deer.
The Wrong WomanCharles D. Stewart
longhorn
noun
long-horned beetle
noun
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