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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a cowboy who rides well out to the side of a herd to keep the animals from spreading.
See: swing(def. 3)
Quotations
1962
All went out to herd the cattle into the branding corral, Donnie riding as a swing-out at the side . . . swinging a rope and the way his father always did, spooking stray cows and calves out of the willow brush.