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cowboyish

cowboyish adjective: cowboylike.

Adjective

cowboyish (comparative more cowboyish, superlative most cowboyish)

  1. (informal) cowboylike

Forms of cowboyish

comparativemore cowboyish
superlativemost cowboyish

Origin of cowboyish

From cowboy + -ish.

Questions about cowboyish

What does cowboyish mean?
Cowboyish means cowboylike.
What part of speech is cowboyish?
Cowboyish is an adjective.

Words near cowboyish in the dictionary

  1. cowboy-hatted
  2. cowboyed
  3. cowboyed up
  4. cowboying
  5. cowboying up
  6. cowboyish
  7. cowboyism
  8. cowboyitis
  9. cowboylike
  10. cowboys
  11. cowboys and Indians

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