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Though the term became somewhat disassociated from age (the phrase "old cowboy" is not considered an oxymoron), the low wages and low social status of the job kept the term "boy" in use, though ultimately it became simply a label for the job itself, and even a term of pride.
Cowboy hat; a hat with a wide brim to protect from sun and vegetation, the sun and the elements; there are many styles, initially influenced by John B. Stetson's "Boss of the Plains", a design blending elements of the Mexican sombrero and both Union and Confederate Cavalry hats of the Civil War period.
Cowboy boots; a boot with a high top to protect the lower legs, pointed toes to help guide the foot into the stirrup, and high heels to keep the foot from slipping through the stirrup while working in the saddle; with or without detachable spurs.
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  Cowboy - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
In pop culture, the cowboy and the gunslinger are often associated with one another.
Cowboy hat; a hat with a wide brim to protect from the sun and the elements; there are many styles, probably influenced by both the Mexican sombrero and US (and Confederate) Cavalry hats.
Cowboy boot; a boot with a high top to protect the lower legs, pointed toes to help guide the foot into the stirrup, and high heels to keep the foot from slipping through the stirrup while working in the saddle.
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 Cowboy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The cowboy is normally a ranch hand in charge of the horses and/or cattle, as is the wrangler.
The Hawaiian cowboy, the paniolo, a word widely thought to have originated as a Hawaiianized pronunciation of español (an alternative is ?Hawaian for means, "To sit tall" or "To be full of pride"), like the mainland cowboy, learned their skills from Mexican vaqueros.
Cowboy boots; a boot with a high top to protect the lower legs, pointed toes to help guide the foot into the stirrup, and high heels to keep the foot from slipping through the stirrup while working in the saddle; with our without -often detachable- spurs.
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 Cowboy - ExampleProblems.com
The cowboy is in charge of the horses, as is the wrangler.
In Australia, which has a large ranch (station) culture, cowboys are known as stockmen (with trainee stockmen being known as jackaroos and cowgirls as jillaroos).
In the British Isles, the term cowboy is derogatory, and usually applied to tradesmen whose work is of shoddy and questionable value, e.g., "a cowboy plumber".
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 Cowboy (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A cowboy may be a North - or Latin American cowherd or other ranch hand, particularly one who works from horseback, or a rodeo performer; by extension applied elsewhere; many equivalent terms exist in various languages, also in the Americas.
Cowboys are a common name or mascot for a sports team, particularly in the Western region of the United States, where cowboys have historical significance.
The men's athletic teams at the University of Wyoming are known as the Cowboys; they are an NCAA Division I athletics (I-A for football) team in the Mountain West Conference.
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 Cowboy - WikiGadugi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ australia, ᎦᏙ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎤᎭ a ᎡᏆ ᏩᎦ ᏗᏛᎿᏗᏍᏙᏗ (station) culture, cowboys are ᎤᎾᏅᏛ as ringers ᎠᎴ stockmen (ᎬᏙᏗ trainee stockmen ᎠᎴᏂᏙᎲ ᎤᎾᏅᏛ as jackaroos ᎠᎴ jillaroos).
Cowboy hat; a ᎠᎵᏍᏇᏙᏬ ᎬᏙᏗ a ᎠᏯᏖᎾ brim to ᎠᏓᏍᏕᎸᏗ ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ ᎯᎠ ᏅᏙ ᎢᎦ ᎡᎯ ᎠᎴ ᎯᎠ ᎢᏧᏓᎴᎩ; ᎾᎿᎢ are ᎤᎪᏗᏗ ᏧᎾᏣᏅᏙᏗ, ᏄᏓᎷᎸᎾ influenced ᎾᎥᎢ ᎢᏧᎳ ᎯᎠ mexican sombrero ᎠᎴ ᎢᏧᎳ ᎠᏴ (ᎠᎴ confederate) cavalry hats.
Cowboy boots; a ᎬᏩᎵᏲᏍᏗ ᎬᏙᏗ a ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᎦᏚᎢ to ᎠᏓᏍᏕᎸᏗ ᎯᎠ ᎡᎳᏗᎨ ᏗᏂᏅᏍᎨᏂ, ᏭᏍᎸ toes to ᎠᎵᏍᏕᎸᏗ ᎠᏓᏍᎮᏗ ᎯᎠ ᎤᎳᏍᏕᎾ ᎾᎾᎯ ᎯᎠ stirrup, ᎠᎴ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ heels to ᎠᏍᏆᏂᎪᏙᏗ ᎯᎠ ᎤᎳᏍᏕᎾ ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ slipping ᏗᎬᏩᎶᏍ ᎯᎠ ᎠᎳᏍᏗ ᎾᎯᏳᎢ ᏚᏂᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎲ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᎯᎠ ᎦᏯᎱᎶ; ᎬᏙᏗ ᎠᏆᏤᎵ ᏄᏠᏯᏍᏛᎾ -ᎢᏳᏓᎵᎭ detachable- spurs.
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 Cowboy Resource Center - cowboy
Much has been written about the racial mix of the cowboys in the West, but soi cowboy cowboys ranked low in the social structure of the period and there are no firm figures.
The dress of the rodeo cowboy is not much different than that of the working cowboy boots cowboy on his way to town.
The cowboy clipart long history of the West in popular culture tends to define those wearing Western clothing as cowboys or cowgirls whether they have ever been on a horse or not.
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For roping calves, the horse learns to pull back against the calf, which falls to the ground, while the cowboy dismounts and ties the calf's feet together so that he can be brand it, treat it for disease, and so on.
These multiple work needs mean that cowboys require different tack, most notably a curb bit (usually with longer bars than an English equitation curb or pelham bit would have) which works by leverage, long split reins (the ends of which can serve as an impromptu quirt) and a special kind of saddle.
The cowboy's boots, which have high heels of an uncommon shape, are also designed specifically to prevent the cowboy's foot from slipping through the stirrup.
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 Cowboy
The cowboy is normally a ranch hand in charge of the horses and/or cattle, as is the wrangler.
The Hawaiian cowboy, the paniolo, a word widely thought to have originated as a Hawaiianized pronunciation of español (an alternative is ?Hawaian for means, "To sit tall" or "To be full of pride"), like the mainland cowboy, learned their skills from Mexican vaqueros.
Cowboy boots; a boot with a high top to protect the lower legs, pointed toes to help guide the foot into the stirrup, and high heels to keep the foot from slipping through the stirrup while working in the saddle; with our without spurs (often detachable).
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 Lasso - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
With the lasso around the horn, the cowboy can use his horse as the equivalent of a towtruck with a winch.
Part of the historical cultures of both Mexico and the western part of the United States, trick roping (lasso spinning tricks) was, and is, a well-known cowboy athletic activity.
It also allows the cowboy to easily open up the noose from horseback when releasing the cattle because the rope is stiff enough to be pushed a little.
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 Cowboy information - Search.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
The Hawaiian cowboy, the paniolo, a word widely thought to have originated as a Hawaiianized pronunciation of español (an alternative is ?Hawaian for means, "To sit tall" or "To be full of pride"), like the mainland cowboy, learned their skills from Mexican vaqueros.
Cowboy boots; a boot with a high top to protect the lower legs, pointed toes to help guide the foot into the stirrup, and high heels to keep the foot from slipping through the stirrup while working in the saddle; with our without -often detachable- spurs.
In the British Isles, Australia and New_Zealand, the term cowboy has a derogatory sense and is usually applied to tradesmen whose work is of shoddy and questionable value, e.g., "a cowboy plumber".
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 :::► Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net ◄:::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
A '''cowboy''' (Spanish Language Spanish '''''vaquero''''') tends cattle and Horse horses on cattle ranches in North America North and South America South America.
The cowboy is in charge of the horses, as is the Wrangler (profession) wrangler.
In the British Isles, the term cowboy is derogatory, and usually applied to tradesman tradesmen whose work is of shoddy and questionable value, e.g., "a cowboy plumber".
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 Space Cowboy -- Recommendations and Resources
"Cowboy", the occupation is iconic, that it is also the name of a sexual position by those who use such jargon is extremely minor.
Two ''Cowboy Bebop'' manga series were created based on the TV show, which were not made by Watanabe but by Yutaka Nanten; TokyoPop publishes both the first and second series in English.
Midnight Cowboy is a 1969 film written by Waldo Salt based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy, and directed by John Schlesinger.
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Cowboys were almost always white, because there was deep prejudice against fls and Mexicans among cattlemen.
Though popularly considered as an American icon, cowboys are a New Hispanic tradition, which originated in the Central States of Mexico, Jalisco and Michoacán, where the Mexican cowboy would eventually be known as a "charro".
Most of Alberta's ranchers were English settlers, but the cowboys — such as John Ware who in 1876 brought the first cattle into the province — were American.
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Cowboy is an extremely addictive Palm OS game that incorporates brilliant graphics, quality sound, and unique gameplay experience that provides hours of fun.
Cowboy Outfitters is located deep in the heart of cowboy country in Highlands, Texas...
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 Upto11.net - Artist Profile for Cowboy
It is estimated that about 15% of all cowboys were of African ancestryandmdash;ranging from about 25% on the trail drives out of Texas, to very few on the northern ranges.
In addition to the Mexican vaquero, the North American cowboy, and the Hawaiian paniolo, the Spanish also exported their horsemanship and knowledge of cattle ranching to the gaucho of Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and (with the spelling "gaanduacute;cho") southern Brazil, the llanero of Venezuela, the huaso of Chile, and, indirectly through the Americans, to Australia.
On smaller ranches with fewer cowboysandmdash;often just family membersandmdash;the cowboy tends to be a generalist employed in many tasks.
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Buckaroo is the anglicized pronunciation (originally bakhara (1827), influenced by 'buck') of vaquero and is still a common term in the Great Basin and many areas of California and the Pacific Northwest.
Image:CattleDrive ColoradoUSA.jpg On the ranch, the cowboy is responsible for feeding the livestock, branding or marking cattle and horses, and tending to their injuries or other needs.
In the British Isles, Australia and New Zealand, the term cowboy is derogatory, and usually applied to tradesmen whose work is of shoddy and questionable value, e.g., "a cowboy plumber".
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 Cowboy (disambiguation) Did You Mean cowboy_(disambiguation)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
A cowboy may be a North American ranch hand, particularly one who works from horseback, or a rodeo performer.
In the U.K., cowboy sometimes refers to an unscrupulous or unqualified tradesman.
This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
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 directopedia : Directory : Arts : Literature : Poetry : Genres : Cowboy
Cowboy Poetry and Western Prose from the Plains to the mountains of The West
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In the British Isles and New Zealand, the term cowboy is derogatory, and usually applied to tradesmen whose work is of shoddy and questionable value, e.g., "a cowboy plumber".
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*A cowboy may be a North American Ranching ranch hand, particularly one who works from horseback, or a rodeo performer.
*Cowboys are a common name or mascot for a sports team, particularly in the Western United States Western region of the United States, where cowboys have historical significance.
**The men's athletic teams at the University of Wyoming are known as the Cowboys; they are an NCAA Division I athletics (I-A for American football football) team in the Mountain West Conference.
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 Cowboy :: Genres : Gourt
Cowboy Poets on the Internet - Official site of the Western Folklife Center, Elko, Nevada - home of the Cowboy Poetry Gathering and public radio's The Open Road: Introduction to the genre--and phenomenon.
Baxter Black - The well-known American cowboy poet and humorist offers links for hearing his radio commentary and reading his syndicated column, a catalog of his books, videos and audio cassettes and listing of his itinerary.
Cowboy Poets Society - Organization, names and images of members, shows, information on cowboy entertainment, contacts.
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The Big Valley: Drunken Cowboy Mob The Barkleys are the wealthiest and most powerful family in California’s San Joaquin Valley in the 1870s, owning and controlling cattle herds, gold mines, citrus groves, and logging camps.
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From his first film appearance in 1935, he worked steadily in western films, including a large supporting role as a singing cowboy while still billed as "Leonard Slye" in a Gene Autry movie.
For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Roy Rogers has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1752 Vine Street, a second star at 1733 Vine Street for his contribution to radio, and a third star at 1620 Vine Street for his contribution to the television industry.
Roy and Dale were inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1976 and Roy was inducted again as a member of the Sons of the Pioneers in 1995.
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 Cowboys :: People : Gourt
Americas First Cowboys - History of first cowboys in the southwestern United States, from Vaqueros to present-day ranch hands and their modern-day influence.
Cowboy Boots - A tribute to the culture and craft of western cowboy bootmaking and bootmakers.
Singing Cowboy - Gary McMahan is a nationally recognized cowboy poet, songwriter, entertainer, storyteller and humorist.
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 Will Rogers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
This page relates to the humorist; for others with similar names see William Rogers (disambiguation).
He used to quip that, "My ancestors didn't come over on the Mayflower, they were here to greet the boat!" Will grew up as a cowboy, with a special knack for rodeo tricks, including bareback horse riding and rope twirling.
He received sporadic formal education between 1887 and 1898, when he left home to become a cowboy on the Ewing Ranch in Lipscomb County, Texas, near the town of Higgins.
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 cowboy | English | Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
The cowboy is normally an animal herder most commonly in charge of the horses and/or cattle, as is the wrangler.
cowboy, man who works with cattle; rodeo rider
Found in dictionary: ranch hand, performing artist, performer, venturer, adventurer
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 cowgirl information site
The cowboy in charge of the horses, however, so is the wrangler.
This cowgirl variant index site has been developed to help wayward users find the information they are looking for, no matter how they are mistakenly spelled or mistyped.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- A descendant of Kenya's first white settlers, whose freewheeling ways inspired the book "White Mischief," was charged with murder Wednesday in a case that has exposed deep resentment about British colonialism in East Africa....
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