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ˈcow-hunt, n. U.S.
[cow n.1 1 c.]
A search for strayed cattle. So cow-hunt v. intr., -hunter, -hunting ppl. a.
1853‘P. Paxton’ Yankee in Texas 108 Everything in the shape of a man..had left the settlement, and engaged in a general ‘cow-hunt’. 1863Harper's Mag. Mar. 536/1 It had the reputation of being the resort of fugitives and cow-hunters. 1898H. S. Canfield Maid of Frontier 132 The ordinary immense Texas affair, intended only for cow-hunting males. 1920J. M. Hunter Trail Drivers Texas 104 Soon the settlers began to organize cow hunts. Ibid. 175 Those old time ranchmen were content to simply cow hunt twice a year and brand their calves. Ibid., I remember the many times that cowhunters rode up to my father's house. 1929[see cow-work]. |