cowboy shower

noun

A simple shower in a horse trailer's living area to remove the dirt and grime associated with working around livestock.

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Meanings

nouncowboy shower (plural cowboy showers)

plural cowboy showers

  1. idiomaticA simple shower in a horse trailer's living area to remove the dirt and grime associated with working around livestock.

    A “cowboy” shower usually means a shower set up in the horse area of a trailer. Cowboy showers may be warm or cold water.

    2015 Aug. 15, Stephen Louie “Hosspuller”, "A Cowboy Shower for your Horse Trailer," mrtruck.com (retrieved 11 Sep 2016)
  2. idiomaticA simple shower in a mudroom to remove the grime from the outdoors and the workday, before entering into a home or ranchhouse.

Origin

From cowboy + shower.

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APA

cowboy shower. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cowboy%20shower

MLA

“cowboy shower.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cowboy%20shower. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cowboy shower,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cowboy%20shower.

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