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  • noun Plural form of cowpoke.

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Examples

  • Another New York weed that sprouted at SUNY-Purchase, O 'Death is a gaggle of urban cowpokes who sound like they' d be more comfortable banging washboards in a junkyard than finding artisan cornbread in Brooklyn.

    Starting Gun Sounds at CMJ Marathon Greater New York Staff 2010

  • Now he was talking about Argentina, of the great estancias on the Pampas and the gauchos, the Argentine cowpokes.

    Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010

  • Now he was talking about Argentina, of the great estancias on the Pampas and the gauchos, the Argentine cowpokes.

    Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010

  • The riders came in hard the last half mile, thundered past the house like cowpokes letting loose in Dodge City back in the days of the big trail drives from Texas.

    Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010

  • Such things had been known to happen, but they required the combustible combination of liquor and young cowpokes.

    Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010

  • The cowpokes collected a rattler who was frozen near-stiff from the cold, sewed its mouth shut, and put it down inside the New Hand's boot.

    Puff This! 2008

  • As a guitar laid the rhythm down, a weary voice sang of cowpokes doomed the moment they strapped on the big iron of a pistol.

    Summer Jobs: 'Big Iron' 2010

  • The riders came in hard the last half mile, thundered past the house like cowpokes letting loose in Dodge City back in the days of the big trail drives from Texas.

    Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010

  • As a guitar laid the rhythm down, a weary voice sang of cowpokes doomed the moment they strapped on the big iron of a pistol.

    Summer Jobs: 'Big Iron' 2010

  • If the cowpokes kept the black busy long enough, maybe they could cut a few mares out of his herd.

    Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010

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