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Cowboys

LC control no.sh 85033638
LC classificationF596 United States
Topical headingCowboys
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Variant(s)Bronco busters
Broncobusters
Buckaroos
Buckeroos
Stockmen (Animal industry)
Vaqueiros
Vaqueros
See alsoCattle herders
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Horsemen and horsewomen
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Gauchos
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Found inMcGrath, A. Born in cattle, 1987.
OED (Stockman)
Web. 3 (stockman; buckaroo or buckeroo; by folk etymology from Sp. vaquero; cowboy; broncobuster)
Macquarie dict. (Stockmen)
Baker, S.J. A dict. of Australian slang, 1982: p. 79 (stockman)
Hawkins, J.M. The Ox. paperback dict., 1983: p. 62 (stockman, pl. stockmen: a man in charge of livestock)
Black's agr. dict. (stockman: a man in charge of livestock)
Dict. agr. term. (stockman: a person who is engaged primarily in the production of livestock in contrast with a farmer)
Heide, R. Box-office buckaroos : the cowboy hero from ... 1989.
Rojas, A.R. Vaqueros and buckaroos, 1979.
Lee, A.S.G. The flying cathedral : the story of ... cowboy, bronco buster ... 1965.