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cowpunks

cowpunks is the plural of cowpunk.

Meaning of cowpunk

Noun

cowpunk (countable and uncountable, plural cowpunks)

  1. (uncountable) A musical subgenre that combines punk rock with country music, folk music, and blues.
    • On that record, Bad Pumpkin, they romped around the fringes of hard rock, toying with cowpunk on one side and zanier stuff (a Television-at-the-beach instrumental) on the other.1989 November 10, Bill Wyman, “Fetchin Bones”, in Chicago Reader
    Synonyms:
    country punk
  2. (countable) A performer in this musical style.

Questions about cowpunks

What is cowpunks the plural of?
Cowpunks is the plural of cowpunk.

Words near cowpunks in the dictionary

  1. cowpuncher
  2. cowpunchers
  3. cowpunches
  4. cowpunching
  5. cowpunk
  6. cowpunks
  7. cowquake
  8. cowquakes
  9. Cowra
  10. cowrey
  11. cowreys

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