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单词 cowhand
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Definition of cowhand in English:

cowhand

nounˈkaʊhandˈkaʊhænd
  • A person employed to tend cattle or to run a ranch.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He left behind him a daughter, the only family he had, and a cowhand who'd been his partner of sorts ever since he'd saved his life.
    • But then both heard the war cry of a few of the braves as well as whoops from the cowhands with resounding bullets.
    • Allen never produces convincing evidence for equating rodeo performers with real working cowhands.
    • The town drunk was a battered old sot of a cowhand whose horse carried him home, passed out in the saddle, on Saturday nights.
    • He was a rock-climbing instructor who had the wiry, efficient build of a cowhand.
    • Born in Wigan and apprenticed in London, he failed in trade, and from 1643 worked as a cowhand in Surrey.
    • As it was, the cowhand's intrusion gave him the excuse to punch someone.
    • He had learned a lot of folk medicine from his father's Hispanic cowhands.
    • The boy was a skinny thing, more of a pretty boy than a cowhand, but he was willing to learn about the ranch.
    • Once in the saloon, Val overheard two cowhands discussing the matter.
    • Her voice was so loud Audrey was sure the cowhands must have heard her.
    • Female cowhands numbered far fewer but were still among the populace.
    • Latham said, ‘Well, he's the best cowhand I've ever had ride for me.’
    • She took him by the hand and, to the cheers of some of the nearby cowhands, led him upstairs.
    • It remains for other scholars to analyze more systematically the similarities and differences among western cowhands.
    • The run down clothing, the wild red hair, and a purse made of hide all screamed, cowhand.
    • I turned up at the dude ranch in jodhpurs, to the derision of cowhands and guests alike.
    • For the three months he'd spent there, he'd worked as a cowhand for Joel Diamond, the richest rancher in the territory.
    • As Leo said, the saloon was soon full of miners, cowhands, and other people from around town.
    • James Ackley loved to ride horses, and he was a cowhand through and through.
    Synonyms
    stockman, herder, drover, shepherd, cattleman, cowherd, cowman, cowboy, rancher

Definition of cowhand in US English:

cowhand

nounˈkaʊhændˈkouhand
  • A person employed to tend or ranch cattle; a cowboy or cowgirl.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Her voice was so loud Audrey was sure the cowhands must have heard her.
    • Born in Wigan and apprenticed in London, he failed in trade, and from 1643 worked as a cowhand in Surrey.
    • As Leo said, the saloon was soon full of miners, cowhands, and other people from around town.
    • He left behind him a daughter, the only family he had, and a cowhand who'd been his partner of sorts ever since he'd saved his life.
    • James Ackley loved to ride horses, and he was a cowhand through and through.
    • Once in the saloon, Val overheard two cowhands discussing the matter.
    • As it was, the cowhand's intrusion gave him the excuse to punch someone.
    • But then both heard the war cry of a few of the braves as well as whoops from the cowhands with resounding bullets.
    • I turned up at the dude ranch in jodhpurs, to the derision of cowhands and guests alike.
    • Female cowhands numbered far fewer but were still among the populace.
    • For the three months he'd spent there, he'd worked as a cowhand for Joel Diamond, the richest rancher in the territory.
    • Latham said, ‘Well, he's the best cowhand I've ever had ride for me.’
    • The run down clothing, the wild red hair, and a purse made of hide all screamed, cowhand.
    • The town drunk was a battered old sot of a cowhand whose horse carried him home, passed out in the saddle, on Saturday nights.
    • Allen never produces convincing evidence for equating rodeo performers with real working cowhands.
    • The boy was a skinny thing, more of a pretty boy than a cowhand, but he was willing to learn about the ranch.
    • She took him by the hand and, to the cheers of some of the nearby cowhands, led him upstairs.
    • He had learned a lot of folk medicine from his father's Hispanic cowhands.
    • It remains for other scholars to analyze more systematically the similarities and differences among western cowhands.
    • He was a rock-climbing instructor who had the wiry, efficient build of a cowhand.
    Synonyms
    stockman, herder, drover, shepherd, cattleman, cowherd, cowman, cowboy, rancher
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