drugstore cowboys

Noun

drugstore cowboy (plural drugstore cowboys)

1. (dated) Someone who dresses and acts like a cowboy but has none of the skills.
   • When we first came to California and we started putting on Westerns, there were no riders in Hollywood; they were all drugstore cowboys.1974, Film Heritage

   Synonyms:

   dude

2. A young man who loafs around town, especially a lady's man who hangs out in public places in an attempt to pick up girls.
   • When any of these jazz-age drugstore cowboys starts trying to fool around with his sister, he won't mince his words. He'll say, "See here, now, what do you mean, trying to ruin my sister?"1934, James T. Farrell, chapter 21, in The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan