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  • adjective informal cowboylike

Etymologies

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cowboy +‎ -ish

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Examples

  • The cops are kind of cowboyish, but they do tons of nice things for impoverished children. even knows what the heck "El Monte" means.

    San Gabriel Valley Tribune Most Viewed 2010

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    Printing: Taking Sides in Iran 2009

  • 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.

    Matthew Yglesias » The Ruler’s Back 2007

  • 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

  • Using the word "Obliterate" is just unpresidential, and cowboyish.

    Obama: Hillary's Tough Talk Towards Iran Is "Reflective Of George Bush" 2009

  • “Dallas is the most Texan city in Texas and therefore the hotbed for lonestar cowboyish political stupidity.”

    Matthew Yglesias » The Ruler’s Back 2007

  • 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.

    In Idaho, Waiting On Craig 2007

  • 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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