1 a man who rides a horse and whose job is to take care of CATTLE in the western parts of the US:
cowboy boots / hats
2 a man like this as a character in a film/movie about the American West:
children playing a game of cowboys and Indians
3 (BrE, informal, disapproving) a dishonest person in business, especially sb who produces work of bad quality or charges too high a price
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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