cowboys in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for cowboys in the English»French Dictionary

cowboy [Brit ˈkaʊbɔɪ, Am ˈkaʊˌbɔɪ] N

1. cowboy Am:

cowboy

cowboy m

to play cowboys and indians

jouer aux cowboys et aux indiens

to play cowboys and indians attr boots, hat, film

de cowboy

2. cowboy (incompetent worker):

cowboy pej

fumiste m

cowboy attr workman

fumiste

cowboy practices

non-professionnel/-elle

cowboy company, outfit

pas sérieux/-ieuse

drugstore cowboy N Am inf

drugstore cowboy

traîne-savates inf

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a cowboy's outfit

une panoplie de cowboy

let's pretend (that) it never happened/we are cowboys

faisons comme si cela n'était pas arrivé/nous étions des cowboys

cowboy country

la terre des cowboys

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santiag

cowboy boot

camarguaise

cowboy boot

avoir une dégaine de cow-boy (allure)

to look like a cowboy

avoir une dégaine de cow-boy (démarche)

to walk like a cowboy

elle était affublée d'un chapeau de cow-boy

she was wearing a stupid cowboy hat

habit de cow-boy/de pirate

cowboy/pirate outfit

cowboys in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for cowboys in the English»French Dictionary

I.cowboy [ˈkaʊbɔɪ] N

1. cowboy (cattle hand):

cowboy

cow-boy m

Cowboys and Indians

les Cow-boys et les Indiens

2. cowboy inf (dishonest tradesperson):

cowboy

arnaqueur m

II.cowboy [ˈkaʊbɔɪ] ADJ (typical of western cattle hand)

cowboy

de cow-boy

Translations for cowboys in the French»English Dictionary

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cow-boy

cowboy

santiag

cowboy boot

cowboys Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

Cowboys and Indians

les Cow-boys et les Indiens

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English

They are used by mounted outfitters, hunters, campers, stockmen and cowboys to carry necessary tools and equipment that can not be carried with the rider.

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The cowboys included two masked outlaws and several men wearing buckskin rather than cloth.

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When the sisters refused, the cattlemen's association began hiring cowboys to harass the sisters, stampeding their cattle and rustling.

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At that time, the settlement consisted of just a few buildings for prospectors, workers, and cowboys.

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The collection was unprecedented because folklorists previously had concentrated mostly on rural Anglo-American balladry of mountaineers, cowboys, and lumbermen.

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Some have even coined a term for them: corkage cowboys.

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Starting in the 1950s, jeans, originally designed for cowboys and miners, became popular among teenagers, especially members of the greaser subculture.

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The trick is to come half an hour early and chat up the "cowboys" who are playing drovers.

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The film then cuts to a scene in which two young boys dressed as cowboys curse and destroy things in a junkyard.

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Truck drivers were romanticized as modern-day cowboys and outlaws (and this stereotype persists even today).

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