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cowpens

cowpens is the plural of cowpen.

Meaning of cowpen

Noun

cowpen (plural cowpens)

  1. An enclosed area used to hold cows.
    • These burrs stuck to the tails of the cows as they walked by, and were brought to the cowpen, the cowtails greatly enlarged by the huge amount of cockleburs stuck on them.2002, Lura Spears Zerick, The Golden Olden Days, page 69
    Synonyms:
    cattle pen

Questions about cowpens

What is cowpens the plural of?
Cowpens is the plural of cowpen.

Words near cowpens in the dictionary

  1. cowpea
  2. cowpeas
  3. cowped
  4. cowpen
  5. Cowpen Bewley
  6. cowpens
  7. cowpeople
  8. cowper
  9. Cowper's fluid
  10. Cowper's gland
  11. Cowper's glands

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