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How to pronounce cowboy in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms rodeo rider
Type of performer, performing artist
Type Words
Synonyms cattleman, cowhand, cowherd, cowman, cowpoke, cowpuncher, puncher
Type of ranch hand
Has types vaquero, buckeroo, cowgirl, roper, horse wrangler, wrangler, buckaroo, gaucho
Type Words
Type of venturer, adventurer

Examples of cowboy

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One look at his black cowboy boots and you would think he was telling the truth.
From the bbc.co.uk
You can do him up in a tuxedo or cowboy boots, riding pants or a Hawaiian shirt.
From the theatlantic.com
Still with the cowboy in charge, the Buffs will always be a tough out each week.
From the denverpost.com
In his day-to-day life, McDonald loved golf and he liked to dress like a cowboy.
From the ocregister.com
The handgun that McQueen used to practice his cowboy quick draw sold for $6,000.
From the voanews.com
The hats are regular straw cowboy hats decorated with paint, paper, and fabrics.
From the toledoblade.com
Cowboy-costumed Friedman is running for governor again, this time as a Democrat.
From the chron.com
The children said the driver wore a straw cowboy hat and had a bad case of acne.
From the chron.com
We enjoyed the wonderful program of beautiful cowboy songs and delightful humor.
From the kansas.com
More examples
  • A hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
  • A performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging
  • Someone who is reckless or irresponsible (especially in driving vehicles)
  • A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-related tasks. ...
  • Cowboy is a 1958 western film starring Glenn Ford and Jack Lemmon. This film is an adaptation of the Frank Harris semi-autobiographical novel My Reminiscences as a Cowboy. Lemmon's character is supposedly based on Harris.
  • Cowboy is a 1966 short documentary film directed by Michael Ahnemann. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
  • Cowboy is an album recorded by Erasure in 1997 and released by Mute Records in the UK. In the U.S., it was released by Madonna's former label Maverick Records. Cowboy was produced by Gareth Jones and Neil McLellan and marked the band's return to more simplistic three-minute synthpop music.
  • Cowboy pool, sometimes just called cowboy, is a hybrid pool game combining elements of English billiards through an intermediary game, with more standard pocket billiards characteristics. The game employs only four balls, the cue ball and three numbered balls, the 1, 3 and 5. ...
  • Cowboy (Luke Merriweather) is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. He is a mutant and a member of Team America.