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cowboy
cowboy (cowhand) US ranch hand. Traditionally living and working in the West, cowboys increased after the Civil War. They have been romanticized in books and films as a symbol of the rugged independence, colour and vigour of the old ‘Wild West’. See also
gaucho
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Cowboy Music: Back in the Saddle Again
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 10/11/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...escape. Not the Urban Cowboy, mind you. He's...brings a package of pure cowboys to city slickers this week. Cowboy singers Don Edwards...extension in a deep cowboy drawl, Mitchell added...dormant enough that cowboys almost seem like a...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Cowboy Church has unique brand of religion
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 1/10/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...just before the chute opens with another cowboy atop a menacing bull. But this isn...rodeo. It's an outreach ministry of the Cowboy Church of Ellis County, which has grown...bills itself as the world's largest cowboy church. The movement is about 40 years...
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Cowboy action shooters: who are they really? (Single Action Shooting Society)
Magazine article from: Shooting Industry; 5/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...still a few holdouts claiming cowboy shooting is just a soon-to...To meet the needs of the cowboy shooter, manufacturers have...they never dreamed of before cowboys started shooting again. Buffaloes...shoots all over the country. Cowboy clothing, especially authentically...
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'Cowboy poets' to attract thousands to library gathering in Colorado. (Great Pikes Peak Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Pikes Peak Library District)
PR Newswire; 5/9/1990; 700+ words
; ...each time we share our cowboy poetry is the awareness...maybe it) takes cowboys and cowboy poets to lead the way...aren't mere drugstores cowboys. Most live on working...Americans are coming home to cowboy poetry like a slice...
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 "The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)")
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COWBOY SPOKEN HERE.(Lifestyle)(A cowboy poet and rookie disc jockey rustles up a prestigious national award)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 7/22/2007; 700+ words
; ...CRESWELL - Dallas McCord is a cowboy poet and he knows it - and...cowdogs. So he began to write cowboy poetry before he even knew...wrote The Eulogy, about three cowboys killed in a stampede who encounter...at their funerals, the last cowboy replies: I've lived a good...
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The Cowboy: Representations of Labor in an American Work Culture.
Magazine article from: Journal of Social History; 9/22/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...posits a division between cowboy society and non-cowboy society. He then demonstrates how cowboys used their work experiences...also examines the image of cowboys as drifters and orphans, illustrating how cowboy society used self-representations...
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COWBOY RUDY: REAL COWBOYS ROPE IN SOME FUN
Newspaper article from: Boise Weekly; 5/25/2005; ; 691 words
; ...honored him with the American Cowboy Culture Award in Lubbock...Let's not overlook the Cowboy Church," Gonzales said...interfaith get-together. Cowboys sing the old gospel tunes...and a major jam session. The Cowboy Gathering "is a wonderful...
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'COWBOY MUSIC' EXPANDS ITS RANGE
News Wire article from: United Press International; 10/2/2003; 700+ words
; ...International 10-02-2003 'Cowboy Music' expands its range NASHVILLE...conjure images as romantic as the cowboy riding his horse into the sunset...in hundreds of films about cowboys and life in the West, the...festivals honoring Western -- or cowboy -- art forms will be held...
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 "Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)")
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Cowboy church to tend its flock.
Newspaper article from: Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM); 4/5/2006; 700+ words
; ...Phaedra Haywood Apr. 5--Hey cowboys, Pecos will soon have a church for you. The Pecos Valley Cowboy Church will hold its first...building May 7. "We call it a cowboy church, but it's really...heritage, not just the working cowboy," said Bud McCrady, the...
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Cowboys back in playoffs and NFL is loving it.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 1/2/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...more interest and more flavor because the Cowboys are there. The numbers don't lie...what they've done over the years. The Cowboys, when they were good, every game that...game," said Madden, who will call the Cowboys-Carolina Panthers game at 7 p.m...
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Cowboy Boots
Book article from: Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages
Cowboy Boots Cowboy boots arrived in the American West from Mexico, and they had been brought...there when a horseman had to stand up in the saddle to rope cows. Early cowboy boots were difficult to walk in, because they were designed for use...
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Cowboy Songs
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...disturbing noises, the cowboys came to croon or yodel...songs descriptive of cowboy life. So long as the...Underwood. Vaqueros, Cowboys, and Buckaroos. Austin...History of the American Cowboy in Song, Story, and...Slatta, Richard W. Cowboys of the Americas. New...
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Cowboys
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...the open range, cowboy work was seasonal...off most of their cowboys during the winter...them, and changed cowboy life and work forever. In the new order, cowboys were often called...emerged a more enduring cowboy of legend. By the...culture had rescued cowboys from historical ...
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American Cowboy
Book article from: Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages
...of the key elements of cowboy attire have entered into...of life. The American cowboys borrowed much of their...good footing. Early cowboy boots had square toes...By the 1890s fancy cowboy boots were being sold...mail-order catalogs. Cowboys first captured the public...
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Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Ltd.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Ltd. One Cowboys Parkway Irving, Texas 75063 U.S.A. Telephone: (972...million (1999) NAIC: 711211 Sports Teams and Clubs The Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Ltd. is the most profitable professional sports...
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