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cowtown

cowtown

1 9.1
A small town in a cattle region known for rodeos and cowboy life
  • noun
  • /ˈkaʊtaʊn/
  • US
translation icon : pueblo ganadero
  • After Saturday's beatdown in Cowtown, USA, my anger is out of full hibernation and ready to embarrassingly entertain the masses.

Examples

  • Current owner, Howard Grant Harris, the fourth generation and oldest son of Howard Jr., grew up with Cowtown Rodeo.

    Blog text (13)
  • How about that? At home, she rarely drank, never smoked, but up East we were to be sophisticates, Ivy League material, not refugees from some Dixie cowtown.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • And it once was a cowtown.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Now, you're not hanging out in some schoolyard out in cowtown.

  • In 1978, Grant, along with his new wife Betsy, bought the Cowtown Rodeo from his father.

    Blog text (13)
  • Grant and Betsy live on the "home ranch" and are carrying on the tradition of Cowtown Rodeo.

    Blog text (13)
  • Cowtown Rodeo raises most of their own bucking stock.

    Blog text (13)
  • Katy continues to follow in the footsteps of the generations before her, keeping the traditions of Cowtown Rodeo alive.

    Blog text (13)
  • Doc is an easterner who gains the respect of the West, and although Clementine accuses him of cowardice, he has faced fights in western cowtowns that lesser men flee.

    Academic text (2002)
  • In the 19th century, many settlers traveled to the cowtowns of the West in search of new opportunities.

Synonyms

cow town
vscowtown
  • US
3 7.3

A small town where people raise and sell cows

is the same meaning but written as a single word

How Rural

hamlet
24 5.0
cowtown
  • US
1 9.1
village
1.0
town
1.0
city
1.0

Surface Forms

cowtown singular
cowtowns plural

Morphology

cowtown = cow + town (transparent) = cow + town

The meaning is directly derived from the combination of 'cow' and 'town' referring to a town associated with cattle/ranching, which is easily inferable by learners who know both words.

Etymology

Cowtown is a simple compound of cow and town, used for a 'town' whose life and business grew from cattle, ranches and cowboy trade. That's why a cowtown still means a small place known for cattle, rodeos and cowboy culture.