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Idiom

cowboy shower

Meaning

A simple shower in a horse trailer's living area to remove the dirt and grime associated with working around livestock.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“I took a quick cowboy shower after working in the barn.”

“After a long day of moving cattle, he settled for a cold cowboy shower in the trailer.”

“Lacking access to proper facilities, the ranch hands relied on a simple cowboy shower to cleanse themselves of the day's dust and labor.”

Examples

simple

“I took a quick cowboy shower after working in the barn.”

contextual

“After a long day of moving cattle, he settled for a cold cowboy shower in the trailer.”

complex

“Lacking access to proper facilities, the ranch hands relied on a simple cowboy shower to cleanse themselves of the day's dust and labor.”

Origin

From *cowboy* + *shower*. The term is a compound formed from its constituent nouns.

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