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- adjective informal
cowboylike
Etymologies
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Examples
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The cops are kind of cowboyish, but they do tons of nice things for impoverished children. even knows what the heck "El Monte" means.
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Aside from the stupid chin which may not have been so stupid were it not covered with a cowboyish looking beard Hubie seemed very peaceful.
Non-Threatening Bowling League Story #1 Meg Pokrass 2011
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The United States experienced a similar phenomenon in 2004 when John Kerry took the so-called "coastal states" whose better-educated voters reflected the widespread international disapproval of the cowboyish George W. Bush, but many conservative Christians and less-educated voters in "flyover America" went for Bush in defiance of world opinion.
Taking Sides in Iran 2009
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The United States experienced a similar phenomenon in 2004 when John Kerry took the so-called "coastal states" whose better-educated voters reflected the widespread international disapproval of the cowboyish George W. Bush, but many conservative Christians and less-educated voters in "flyover America" went for Bush in defiance of world opinion.
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No matter how personally lefty any individual Mavs are, Dallas is the most Texan city in Texas and therefore the hotbed for lonestar cowboyish political stupidity.
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Getting back to the 2 letters: To first apologise and then in a roundabout way go back on that does show some rather cowboyish behaviour.
JD Wetherspoon(The John Wallace Linton) - An open to Tim Martin head of JD Wetherspoon. FIDO The Dog 2009
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Using the word "Obliterate" is just unpresidential, and cowboyish.
Obama: Hillary's Tough Talk Towards Iran Is "Reflective Of George Bush" 2009
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“Dallas is the most Texan city in Texas and therefore the hotbed for lonestar cowboyish political stupidity.”
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Otter, a tall, cowboyish pol whose appearance is sometimes compared to Ronald Reagan's, knows all too well that it's easy to kick a politician when he's down.
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At 6 feet 5 inches tall and well over 200 pounds, with long, cowboyish sideburns, he is Texas taciturn to begin with, and the secrecy of SEAL missions tends to make frogmen -- as the naval Sea, Air, Land team-members call themselves -- a less-than-loquacious bunch.
Lone Survivor 2007
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