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

Raised in a patch of rural Alberta that she described as “wheat, oil and cow country,” Ms. Seymour studied dance in Vancouver before coming under the wing of Ashton, a classical choreographer and director known for his work with the Royal Ballet.

From Washington Post

In the early 1980s, H. Gary Morse, a onetime ad man, took over his father’s mobile home park in an unlovely patch of Florida cow country.

From New York Times

In the dark, with a heavy, sloshing bucket in each hand, he trudged across the flotsam of cow country — barbed wire, crumpled fences, rodent burrows — and under the white smear of the Milky Way.

From New York Times

Thirty years ago Hog Island was legitimate cow country.

From Washington Times

“I don’t want to go to cow country,” Grimsley said.

From Washington Times

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