"cowtown" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-cowtown.ogg Forms: cowtowns [plural]
Etymology: From cow + town. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|cow|town}} cow + town Head templates: {{en-noun}} cowtown (plural cowtowns)
  1. (slang) A small town, a hick or backwards town. Tags: slang Synonyms (small, hick or backwards town): hicktown, hicksville, Woop Woop, one-horse town Translations (small, hick or backwards town): Kaff [neuter] (German), Kuhdorf [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-cowtown-en-noun-R~wFd3c0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of 'small, hick or backwards town': 79 21 Disambiguation of 'small, hick or backwards town': 79 21
  2. A town or city noted for its link to the cattle industry.
    Sense id: en-cowtown-en-noun-daDoVs-J
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Cowtown

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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