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cowtown†
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a town largely dependent on the cattle business; a shipping point for cattle.
See: ranching town
Quotations
1916
Macleod, site of the first station of the Royal North-West Mounted Police, has had fame for forty years as a typical "cow-town."
1953
On into the southwest near the Alberta border is Maple Creek, Saskatchewan's cow town.
1962
Southern Alberta still has many ranches, and Calgary is still a cowtown. . . .