Definitions
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- noun slang A small town, a
hick or backwards town. - noun A town or city noted for its link to the cattle industry.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small town in a cattle-raising area of western North America
Etymologies
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Examples
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What used to be a "cowtown" is now a highly competitive place for new business and for new residents.
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"I grew up in Oxford, then known by the surrounding valley as" cowtown "...
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"I grew up in Oxford, then known by the surrounding valley as" cowtown "...
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 I really enjoyed all the tributes to the old cinemas, from the jungles to the cowtown gunfights, to the mysterious villain.
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Smith enforced a highly unpopular no-guns policy in the cowtown, and for the most part, made the law stick by beating the hell out of people with his bare hands.
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Cool, a cowtown reference from RTMS. And during stampede week to boot!
Parroting: Continual Conversations with the Road BikeSnobNYC 2010
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"This finding came about because of one lonely air quality monitor near the cowtown area of western Pinal County, nearly 40 miles and across the mountains from downtown Phoenix," he said.
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"This finding came about because of one lonely air quality monitor near the cowtown area of western Pinal County, nearly 40 miles and across the mountains from downtown Phoenix," he said.
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No longer just a cowtown, now an epicenter of the Beat Movement.
January 2007 2007
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No longer just a cowtown, now an epicenter of the Beat Movement.
This & That 2007
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