Definitions
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- adjective Resembling a
ranch or some aspect of one.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Men—none of them Graywolf commandos, but all of them tough-looking townie cowpokes—hung about, all armed not with the ubiquitous M4s but with Ruger Mini-14s, which looked a little more ranchlike in the hands of boys in jeans and boots and hats.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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Especially appreciated were the parties at the home of Sherry, a former nurse who studied writing, and her husband, Herb, a cardiologist, who had a ranchlike spread with a pool and horses.
Raymond Carver Carol Sklenicka 2009
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Men—none of them Graywolf commandos, but all of them tough-looking townie cowpokes—hung about, all armed not with the ubiquitous M4s but with Ruger Mini-14s, which looked a little more ranchlike in the hands of boys in jeans and boots and hats.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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Men—none of them Graywolf commandos, but all of them tough-looking townie cowpokes—hung about, all armed not with the ubiquitous M4s but with Ruger Mini-14s, which looked a little more ranchlike in the hands of boys in jeans and boots and hats.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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