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  • noun Plural form of cowpuncher.

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Examples

  • The cowpunchers were the only ones who refused to take altogether seriously the tradition that an invitation to the White House was equivalent to a command.

    Roosevelt in the Bad Lands Hermann Hagedorn 1923

  • Which luminary amongst the bevy of overpaid overrated 'ready on day one' cowpunchers will lead the Clinton Texas delegate challenge?

    Report: Clinton Camp Threatened Lawsuit Over Texas Primary/Caucus 2009

  • Growing up in Louisiana, I can tell you that the only difference between east Texas and west Louisiana is the Sabine River, and most of the folks down that way were just as likely to be farmers or a loggers or fishermen as cowpunchers ...

    Indonesian Steel Steve Perry 2007

  • The three cowpunchers, all of whom I had rather come to like, gave the question earnest consideration.

    Telegraph Days Larry Mcmurtry 2006

  • It was composed of the Zenith brokers, dressed as cowpunchers, bareback riders, Japanese jugglers.

    Babbit 2004

  • We used to carry our .45s tied on a string around our waists, like a gang of cowpunchers.

    The Do-or-Die Men George W. Smith 2003

  • We used to carry our .45s tied on a string around our waists, like a gang of cowpunchers.

    The Do-or-Die Men George W. Smith 2003

  • We used to carry our .45s tied on a string around our waists, like a gang of cowpunchers.

    The Do-or-Die Men George W. Smith 2003

  • Boss (Mr. Duvall) and Charley (Mr. Costner) are the last of the free-range cowboys-a dying breed of callused cowpunchers on a cattle drive who hate fences, railroads and all signs of encroachment on what used to be the wide-open spaces of the American frontier.

    My Stetson's Off to Open Range 2003

  • Boss (Mr. Duvall) and Charley (Mr. Costner) are the last of the free-range cowboys-a dying breed of callused cowpunchers on a cattle drive who hate fences, railroads and all signs of encroachment on what used to be the wide-open spaces of the American frontier.

    My Stetson's Off to Open Range 2003

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