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cowboy

 noun
     
Related topics: Occupations, Agriculture
cow‧boy [countable]
1BOTA in the US, a man who rides a horse and whose job is to care for cattle
2 British English someone who is dishonest in business, or who produces very bad quality work:
a firm of cowboy builders
3

cowboys and Indians

DGO a game played by children who fight while pretending to be cowboys and Native Americans
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