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drugstore cowboy

drug·store cow·boy
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [druhg-stawr, -stohr kou-boi]
    • /ˈdrʌgˌstɔr, -ˌstoʊr ˈkaʊˌbɔɪ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [druhg-stawr, -stohr kou-boi]
    • /ˈdrʌgˌstɔr, -ˌstoʊr ˈkaʊˌbɔɪ/

Definitions of drugstore cowboy words

  • noun drugstore cowboy a young man who loafs around drugstores or on street corners. 1
  • noun drugstore cowboy a person who dresses like a cowboy but has never worked as one. 1
  • noun drugstore cowboy a person that hangs around the streets as well as drugstores 0
  • noun drugstore cowboy person who dresses as a cowboy although they've never been one 0
  • noun drugstore cowboy a man who dresses like a cowboy but has never worked as one 0
  • noun drugstore cowboy a young man who loiters in public places, as on street corners, esp. in order to meet women 0

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Origin of drugstore cowboy

First appearance:

before 1905
One of the 15% newest English words
First recorded in 1905-10

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Parts of speech for Drugstore cowboy

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

drugstore cowboy popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 2% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

drugstore cowboy usage trend in Literature

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