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cowtowns

cowtowns is the plural 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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Noun capitalized: Cowtowns

Cowtowns

  1. (plural) plural of Cowtown

Questions about cowtowns

What is cowtowns the plural of?
Cowtowns is the plural of cowtown.
What part of speech is cowtowns?
Cowtowns is a noun.

Words near cowtowns in the dictionary

  1. cowters
  2. Cowthorpe
  3. Cowton
  4. cowtow
  5. cowtown
  6. cowtowns
  7. cowturd
  8. cowturds
  9. Cowwarr
  10. cowwheat
  11. cowwheats

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