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trail man

American  

noun

  1. a cowboy on horseback who helps in driving a cattle herd.


Etymology

Origin of trail man

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

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Beniers then dropped the puck to trail man Vince Dunn, who calmly slipped it back to Beniers for a one-timed shot from the right circle that Nashville goalie Juuse Saros had no chance on.

From Seattle Times Mar. 25, 2023

It could have been worse had Jones not made a point-bank, final minute save off trail man Nurse on what had become a 4-on-1 break off a turnover at the opposing blue line.

From Seattle Times Dec. 30, 2022

Since childhood, he has been an evangel of one kind or another, and now he is taking his sermons down the longest sawdust trail man has ever devised.

From Time Magazine Archive

They were calm, and simply searching, in the fashion of the practised trail man.

From The Man in the Twilight by Cullum, Ridgwell

By impressing on the ranchero the importance of not delaying this trail man, we got him to inject a little action into his corporal.

From A Texas Matchmaker by Adams, Andy

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