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cowboy

a conventional character of Wild West folklore, films, etc., esp one involved in fighting Indians

cowboy

[Sun, from William Gibson's cyberpunk SF] Synonym for hacker. It is reported that at Sun this word is often said with reverence.

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Lunn's, whose pretty daughter Sally had been an early flame of his, and, when the church-goers were at a safe distance, to abstract the guineas from their wooden box and slip them into a small canvas bag--nothing easier than to call to the cowboy that he was going, and tell him to keep an eye on the house for fear of Sunday tramps.

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Mark Lause, The Great Cowboy Strike: Bullets, Ballots, and Class Conflicts in the American West (London and New York: Verso 2017)

Saddling Up Anyway: The Dangerous Lives of Old-Time Cowboys comes from interviews with nearly eighty men who lived cowboy frontier lives in the West before 1932, plus over a hundred fifty archival interviews and written accounts.

Saddling Up Anyway

IF there is a resto-bar in the metro that most of us could relate to because of the unforgettable night-outs, gimmicks and entertainment with family and friends, it is Cowboy Grill.

Cowboy Grill pays it forward with [email protected]

This has become Cowboy Grill's image, where good music (as a form of entertainment) and good Filipino food (as a gastronomic experience) are the main dishes that are up for grabs.

Where the fun party begins

EDMOND The second Cowboy Chicken restaurant in the Oklahoma City area is expected to open this month at 4 Bryant Ave.

Second area Cowboy Chicken to open

A REAL-life Irish cowboy has revealed how he turned his farm into a Wild West-style ranch with its own saloon, jailhouse and Appaloosa horses.

MICHAEL'S AT HOME ON THE RANGE; Irish cowboy turns farm into Wild West ranch complete with saloon

The Hell-Bound Train: A Cowboy Songbook (Second Edition).

The Hell-Bound Train: A Cowboy Songbook

As the story goes, Baca grabbed one of the cowboys by the collar, stuck the muzzle of his Colt Peacemaker in the cowboy's ear, and dragged ?

The Shootist from Socorro: Elfego Baca has been called the last of the old-time shooters. He also was called "El Gato" ("the cat," in Spanish) because he seemingly had nine lives

Back in 1998, an anime entitled Cowboy Bebop came-out.

Cowboy Bebop Getting the ol' Dreaded "American Remake"

Katy, TX, June 09, 2016 --(PR.com)-- A new Cowboy Faith Shield has been introduced to help Christians cope with the stress and pressures of daily life in these turbulent times.

New Cowboy Faith Shield Introduced by Lifestyle Brand "Cowboys of Faith"

Synopsis: "The Cowboy Legend: Owen Wister's Virginian and the Canadian American Ranching Frontier" by John Jennings (Associate Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at Trent University) details the evidence that Everett Johnson was the prime inspiration for Owen Wister's cowboy.