Meanings
nounmail-order cowboy (plural mail-order cowboys)
plural mail-order cowboys
- derogatoryAn inauthentic cowboy; one who dresses or acts like a cowboy but is not.
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mail-order cowboy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mail-order%20cowboy
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“mail-order cowboy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mail-order%20cowboy. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mail-order cowboy,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mail-order%20cowboy.
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