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A horseback laborer the movies promoted to mythic loner before anyone checked his paystub.
means A ranch hand who herds and tends cattle on horseback, especially across the American West.
from A plain English compound — cow plus boy — that earned its swagger in the 1800s cattle drives, then got mythologized by dime novels and Hollywood.
Real demographicsUp to a quarter were Black or Mexican.
Cattle SpanishLasso, rodeo, ranch all come from vaqueros.
Modern slurA reckless contractor who botches your kitchen.