Meaning

2 senses
  1. (slang)A small town, a hick or backwards town.

    Kaff, Kuhdorf

    a small town in a cattle-raising area of western North America

  2. A town or city noted for its link to the cattle industry.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. My mom grew up in a real cowtown in eastern Washington called Moses Lake.

Translations

1 languages
Deutsch
small, hick or backwards town:

Origin

From cow + town.

From cow + town.

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Forms

plural: cowtowns
Singularcowtown
Pluralcowtowns

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
small, hick or backwards town:hicksvilleWoop Woopone-horse townhicktown
Close in meaning
  • a small town in a cattle-raising area of western North America:cow town

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cowtown — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto