cowpoke†

West

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a man who works as a rider on a cattle or horse ranch.

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

Quotations

1955

One good drink for every cowpoke--just one slug, remember--not half a bottle.

1964

North of Williams Lake . . . lone cowpokes still plunged through willow thickets.