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cowpoke

noun

Etymology

From cow + poke.

  1. derived from *pukōn✻
  2. derived from poken
  3. derived from poken
  4. inherited from poken
  5. compounded as cowpoke — “cow + poke”

Definitions

  1. A cowhand (one who tends free-range cattle)

  2. A 19th-century device used around the necks of cows and other livestock to prevent them…

    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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA