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cowpokes

cowpokes is the plural of cowpoke.

Meaning of cowpoke

Noun

cowpoke (plural cowpokes)

  1. (US, slang) A cowhand (one who tends free-range cattle)
  2. (US, dated) A 19th-century device used around the necks of cows and other livestock to prevent them from challenging fencing. The action of the device was to poke the cow when the device came into contact with the fence.

Questions about cowpokes

What is cowpokes the plural of?
Cowpokes is the plural of cowpoke.

Words near cowpokes in the dictionary

  1. cowplop
  2. cowplops
  3. cowpock
  4. cowpocks
  5. cowpoke
  6. cowpokes
  7. cowponies
  8. cowpony
  9. cowpool
  10. cowpooled
  11. cowpooling

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