Reverse Dictionary: COWBOY

ADJECTIVES
► COWBOY-DUDDED dressed like a cowboy → 1957

NOUNS
► COW CROWD an outfit or group of cowboys → 1929 Amer. dial.
► OAT OPERA a cowboy movie; a western → 1950 US sl.
► OATEATER a cowboy movie; a western → 1950 US sl.
► OATER a cowboy film, story, or song → 1946 US sl.
► SPAG ► SPAGHETTI WESTERN a cowboy film, usually made in Europe by Italian directors → 1970 sl., orig. US

NOUNS – PERSON
► ARBUCKLE a greenhorn cowboy → 1933 Amer. dial.
► BABY CROCKETT a fake cowboy → 1970 homosexual sl.
► BACCARO ► BACQUERO ► BAKHARA ► BAQUERO ► BUCCAHRO ► BUCCAROO ► BUCHARO ► BUCKAREE ► BUCKAROO ► BUCKAYRO ► BUCKEROO ► BUCKHARA ► BUKKARER a cowboy; a person who herds cattle or breaks wild horses → 1827 Amer. dial.
► BALL-BEARING COWBOY a cowboy; a person who chases cattle in a vehicle instead of on a horse → 1980 Aust. sl.
► BARNEY MAN a cowboy → 1971 California (Bk.)
► BEEFHEAD a cowboy; a Texan → 1866 US sl.
► BIG SCISSOR-BILL a cowboy who did not do his work well → 1936 US cowboy sl. (Bk.)
► BILL-SHOW COWBOY a show-off cowboy of the Buffalo Bill show type → 1944 Amer. West. sl.
► BRUSH BUSTER a cowboy who works in brush country → 1961 Amer. dial.
► BRUSH HAND a cowboy who works in brush country → 1929 Amer. dial.
► BRUSHPOPPER a cowboy, esp. one who works in the brush → 1925 US West. sl.
► BRUSH THUMPER a cowboy who works in brush country → 1961 Amer. dial.
► BRUSH WHACKER a cowboy who works in brush country → 1961 Amer. dial.
► BUCKER a cowboy; a person who herds cattle or breaks wild horses → 1889 Amer. dial.
► BUCKET MAN a cowboy → 1897 Amer. dial., derogatory
► BULLPUNCHER a cowboy → 1874 Amer. dial.
► BULL-WHACKER a cowboy; a driver of cattle → 1859 US
► COWDOG a cowboy → 1921 Amer. dial.
► COW KICKER a cowboy → 1986 Amer. dial.
► COWPOKE a cowboy → 1928 colloq., chiefly US
► COW PROD a cowboy → 1961 Amer. dial.
► COW PRODDER a cowboy → 1930 Amer. dial.
► COW-PUNCHER a cowboy → 1878 Amer. sl.
► COW-WADDIE ► COW-WADDY a cowboy → 1800 US sl.
► DABSTER HAND a cowboy expert at his work → 1968 Amer. Western sl.
► FLASH-RIDER  a cowboy; a bronco-buster → 1893 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FLAT-HEELED PUNCHER a farmer turned cowboy; an amateur cowboy → 1968 Amer. dial.
► GATE HORSE a cowboy stationed at the corral gate for any purpose → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► GAUCHO a cowboy of the South American pampas → 1824
► HAYSHAKER a cowboy; used derisively → 1945 Amer. railroad usage
► HAY-SHOVELER a cowboy who fed cattle in the winter by throwing hay from the ‘stacks’ → 1934 US cowboy usage (Bk.)
► HAZER a cowboy whose duty was to assist the ‘buster’ to break a horse; his duty, esp. when the horse is broken outside the corral, is to keep the animal turned so that his bucking will not take him too far away → 1936 US cowboy usage (Bk.)
► HEEL SQUATTER a cowboy, because it is common practice for him to rest by squatting upon his heels → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► HEIFER-PRODDER a cowboy → 1941 US Western jocular usage
► HERD-BOY a cowboy; a man or boy engaged in tending a herd of cattle → 1878
► HILL-BILLY COWBOY a cowboy; a person working for an outfit that ranged pretty well up in the sticks → 1936 US cowboy usage (Bk.)
► IRON MAN the cowboy responsible for tending or handling the branding irons → 1933 Amer. dial.
► IRON TENDER the cowboy responsible for tending or handling the branding irons → 1961 Amer. dial.
► KICKER a cowboy, or a would-be cowboy → 1986 Amer. dial.
► LEATHER-NECK a real roughened cowboy of many trail accomplishments → 1966 Amer. dial.
► LEATHER-POUNDER a cowboy → 1936 Amer. dial.
► LIMB-SKINNER a cowboy who works in brush country → 1936 US Western sl.
► LONGHORN an experienced cowboy → 1903 US Western sl.
► MAIL-ORDER COWBOY a would-be cowboy → 1926 Amer. dial.
► MAN-AT-THE-POT the first cowboy to pick up the coffee pot when out with the chuck wagons; it becomes his duty to pour coffee for the outfit → 1940 Amer. Western sl.
► MONKEY WARD COWBOY a would-be cowboy, who has the clothes but is otherwise spurious → 1910 US sl.
► MOSS HORN ► MOSSY HORN an aged cowboy → 1880 US Western sl.
► MOVIE COWBOY a cowboy of the romanticized kind typically depicted in films → 1913
► PANIOLA a cowboy → 1938 Hawaii
► PANIOLO a cowboy → 1892 Hawaii
► PEELER a cowboy or ranch hand; one who tames wild horses; a bronco-buster → 1894 Amer. dial.
► PHILDOODLE an imitation type of cowboy → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► POKE a cowboy → 1928 Amer. sl.
► PORK-AND-BEANER a cowboy → 1920 US sl.
► POT-HOLE RIDER a cowboy who roamed over a territory containing ‘bog-holes’ or ‘pot-holes’ and pull mired cattle from them  → 1936 US cowboy usage (Bk.)
► PUNCHER a cowboy → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RANAHAN a cowboy; an experienced cowhand → 1936 Amer. dial.
► RANNY an efficient cowboy → 1907 Amer. dial., sometimes derogatory
► RANNYCAVOO a cowboy → 1942 Amer. dial., sometimes derogatory
► RAWHIDE a cowboy, esp. an experienced one → 1936 Amer. dial., sometimes derogatory
► REXALL RANGER a person who wears cowboy clothes but has never worked on a ranch → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► RUNNING MATE a cowboy’s wife → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► SADDLE-BLANKET GAMBLER a cowboy addicted to gambling around the campfire on a saddle blanket; a small-time gambler; one who played for small stakes → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► SADDLE BUM an out-of-work cowboy who drifts from ranch to ranch subsisting on free meals → 1921 Amer. dial.
► SADDLE SLICKER a cowboy → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► SADDLE STIFF an out-of-work cowboy who drifts from ranch to ranch subsisting on free meals → 1921 Amer. dial.
► SADDLE TRAMP an out-of-work cowboy who drifts from ranch to ranch subsisting on free meals → 1921 Amer. dial.
► SADDLE WARMER  a cowboy; a man employed in riding horseback → 1936 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► SAINT a cowboy → 1936 US cowboy usage (Bk.)
► SCREW a cowboy → 1920 Amer. dial.
► SHADOW RIDER a cowboy who spends most of his time showing off, watching his shadow → 1936 Amer. dial.
► SHIT-KICKER a cowboy or would-be cowboy → 1964 Amer. dial.
► SPURN-COW a cow-herd, a cow-puncher, a cowboy → 1614
► STOMP a student who wears cowboy clothing and boots → 1960 US students’ sl.
► SWING RIDER a cowboy who keeps a moving herd of cattle in order → 1903
► TOP SCREW the foreman of a group of cowboys → 1920 Amer. dial.
► TOP WADDY the foreman of a group of cowboys → 1902 Amer. dial.
► VACHER a cowboy or herdsman → 1889 Amer. (Bk.)
► VAQUERO a cowboy or cowherd; a herdsman or cattle-driver; a cattle-tender → 1837 Spanish-American
► WADDIE a cowboy, esp. a temporary cowhand → 1897 US sl.
► WEED-BENDER a cowboy → 1945 US railroaders’ usage
► WRANGATANG a wrangler, a ranch hand who herds or trains saddle horses; a cowboy → 1926 Amer. dial.

PHRASES
► ALL HAT AND NO CATTLE said of someone who tries to impress others by imitating a cowboy or a cattleman, but who cannot tell  the difference between a heifer and a steer → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)

VERBS
► BUCKAROO to work as a cowboy → 1967 Amer. dial.
► PUNCH  to work as a cowboy → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► RAWHIDE to camp out alone in search of stray cattle → 1936 Amer. dial.