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cowgirl

cowgirl

English

Mildred Douglas, world champion lady bronco buster (1918)

Noun

cowgirl (plural cowgirls)

  1. A woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
  2. A woman who identifies with cowboy culture, including clothing such as the cowboy hat.
  3. (card games, slang) A playing card of queen rank.
  4. A sex position where the woman is on top; cowgirl position.

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References

  • Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker, MGI/Mike Caro University, ISBN 978-1880069523

Verb

cowgirl (third-person singular simple present cowgirls, present participle cowgirling, simple past and past participle cowgirled)

  1. (rare, intransitive) To work as a cowgirl, herding cattle.
    • 1998, Linda M. Hasselstrom, Gaydell Collier, Nancy Curtis, Leaning Into the Wind: Women Write from the Heart of the West
      She also cowgirled and hired out to do ranch and timber work.
    • 2007, American Cowboy (volume 13, number 5, Jan-Feb 2007, page 56)
      Only 250 miles down the road a reclusive beauty named Joann Brebner was living the bucolic life, cowgirling, helping out at her family's remote ranch-based resort.
  2. (rare, transitive) To mount someone and have sexual intercourse.
    • 2016, Angela Goodnight, My Life, My Loves: True, Explicit Autobiography
      Once recovered I cowgirled him to a torturously slow climax, having him begging for release as I took him to the edge []