DCHP-3

cowboy ((v.))

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1v.

work as a cowboy (def. 1).

See: cowboy ((n.))(def. 1)

Quotations

1960
All these things, said Joe, he found out in the past 19 years. Although he cowboyed as a lad and has bought and sold horses all his life he wasn't even sure of the name of the first spotted horse he bought in 1940.
1964
. . . Mooney told the court that he has had 20-odd years experience cowboying in Arizona, Utah, Wyoming and B.C. . . .
2v.

bring under control, as an unbroken horse, a wild steer, etc.

Quotations

1927
Rider must hook 'em in the shoulder and holler first jump and then cowboy him in the best way he knows how.
1962
"Can'tcha cowboy a little yearling like that 'thout trouble?"