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View synonyms for country-and-western

country-and-western

[ kuhn-tree-uhn-wes-tern ]

country and western

noun

  1. another name for country music
  2. a fusion of cowboy songs and Appalachian music
  3. ( as modifier )

    country-and-western music

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of country-and-western1

First recorded in 1955–60
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Example Sentences

“I am a rock and rollin’, country-and-western, rhythm and blues-singin’ motherf——-,” he told the audience.

“I am a rock and rollin’, country-and-western, rhythm and blues-singin’ motherf—–,” he told the audience.

Curly, played by Sean Grandillo with the guitar-slinging aplomb of a country-and-western recording star, has the straightest of hair.

“I was in this country-and-western musical in the East Village,” she told The San Francisco Chronicle in 1990.

He made “Another Side,” what he has referred to as his “country-and-western album,” and then it disappeared.

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