Phrase Hound found 13 phrases and 2 compound words that contain cowboys. The most common are listed below. Open cowboys in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 13
- cowboys and IndiansA children's game, with chasing and mock battles, in which the players assume the traditional roles of cowboys and American Indians.
- singing cowboysplural of singing cowboy: A subgenre of country music honoring the cowboy life and the West.
- space cowboysplural of space cowboy: A cowboy or cowboylike figure in a sci-fi or futuristic setting.
- cocaine cowboysplural of cocaine cowboy: A cocaine smuggler or dealer whose activities are likely to lead them into violent confrontations.
- Queen's cowboysplural of Queen's cowboy: A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
- cowboys upthird-person singular simple present indicative of cowboy up: To deal with hardship with toughness and without complaining; man up.
- keyboard cowboysplural of keyboard cowboy: A person who runs a .com company, or someone who was around during the dot-com bubble.
- Urban Cowboysplural of Urban Cowboy: A person living in the city who dresses in clothes that suggest a film of the western genre.
- rhinestone cowboysplural of rhinestone cowboy: A person, especially a country musician, who affects a cowboy-like image but with glamorous and fashionable accents.
- mail-order cowboysplural of mail-order cowboy: An inauthentic cowboy; one who dresses or acts like a cowboy but is not.
- milk-bar cowboysplural of milk-bar cowboy: A member of the bodgie subculture who rode a motorcycle.
- drugstore cowboysplural of drugstore cowboy: Someone who dresses and acts like a cowboy but has none of the skills.
- canteen cowboysplural of canteen cowboy: An aviator who spends his time flirting with or picking up girls at the canteen.
Compound words 2
- cybercowboysplural of cybercowboy: A character who carries out contract work, especially of a legally dubious nature, in cyberspace.
- noncowboysplural of noncowboy: One who is not a cowboy (person who tends cattle).