cow country

noun

1. a region of cattle ranches, as rural areas of the southwestern U.S., especially Texas.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cow country¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

After Clark had grown up, in the cow country near the Mexican border, he stumbled unexpectedly into paradise.

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He also displayed the eight-inch leather belt of the cow country, and elbow length leather cuffs studded with silver nails.

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He's as much right to run sheep on government land as they have to run cattle, though sheep are a plumb nuisance in a cow country.

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A great game country, a wild cow country, and now a quiet farming country.

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For years had this bold Mendoza been having things pretty much his own way in the cow country.

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