cowpoke

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Synonyms for cowpoke

a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback

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Naturally, there is a plethora of illiterate cowpokes whose raison d'etre seems to be prejudice and anti-racial activities.
And imagine if we actually spoke of someone "sleeping with their horse" as cowpokes did in the old West.
It's unclear exactly when or where Wallis intends his action to be taking place--it could be New Zealand, or it could be the Old West of John Ford--but as soon as prim and pretty English lass Isabella Montgomery (Inge Rademeyer) is deposited there among some very lonesome cowpokes, she's targeted for sexual assault.
What sets cowpokes apart, I guess, is the kinky paraphernalia.
For close to half a century, Eastwood has been playing cowpokes and cops hell-bent on vengeance, and for more than three decades Gibson has portrayed cops, robbers, and revolutionaries out to avenge the slaughter of their families.
Lots of other cowpokes (and Wild West hot shots, such as Calamity Jane and Buffalo Bill), stayed at the hotel, too.
Lots of other cowpokes (see how I'm getting into cowboy-speak) and Wild West hot shots, such as Calamity Jane and Buffalo Bill, stayed at the hotel, too.
with cowpokes as she awaited a divorce from our father.
I WROTE this poem when I saw your cover picture (July 24) of Gordon Brown and his posse riding into Cardiff: Travel Travails A bold bunch of cowpokes headed by Brown Contemplating a shoot-out took a train into town.
Encouragingly, one bidder already owns most of the sports teams in Texas, including the Houston Cowpokes in the MLS.
An assured tale of gunslinging and cowpokes that offers little new but is still an enjoyably oldfashioned affair.
Among them are country hayseed sisters Yolanda (Meryl Streep) and Rhonda (Lily Tomlin) Johnson who've been with it since they were kids, comedy singing cowpokes Dusty (Woody Harrelson) and Lefty (John C Reilly), and veteran singer Chuck Akers (LQ Jones).
John Falter was passing through the town of Pecos, Texas, when he was greeted by an odd site he knew would make a Post cover, a bunch of cowpokes and gals gone to see what else but a cowboy picture.
And some of the cowpokes are pictured enjoying the fun
Levi de tough trousers for mean cowpokes, will be marketing the RedWire DLX jeans this year.