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cow town

cow town is the alternative form of cowtown.

Meaning of cowtown

Noun

cowtown (plural cowtowns)

  1. (slang) A small town, a hick or backwards town.
    Synonyms:
    hicktown, hicksville, Woop Woop, one-horse town
  2. 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

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Forms of cow town

pluralcow towns

Questions about cow town

What is cow town the alternative form of?
Cow town is the alternative form of cowtown.

Words near cow town in the dictionary

  1. cow sucker
  2. cow suckers
  3. cow tipper
  4. cow tippers
  5. cow tipping
  6. cow town
  7. cow towns
  8. cow tree
  9. cow trees
  10. cow vetch
  11. cow vetches

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