Meanings
cowtown1
plural cowtowns
- slangA small town, a hick or backwards town.
Synonyms: hicktown, hicksville, Woop Woop, one-horse town
- A town or city noted for its link to the cattle industry.
In July 1873 a St. Louis journalist visited Wichita and penned a colorful description of the frontier cowtown, the article appearing in the St. Louis Globe under the heading of “NEAR BRIMSTONE.”
2011, Stan Hoig, Cowtown Wichita and the Wild, Wicked West, UNM Press, →ISBN, page 114
Cowtown2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA small town, a hick or backwards town.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Cowtown · proper noun
From cowtown, being the centre of the Canadian cattle industry.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German Kaff, Kuhdorf
- Kaffsmall, hick or backwards town
- Kuhdorfsmall, hick or backwards town
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cowtown. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cowtown
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