cowboys in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for cowboys in the English»Italian Dictionary

cowboy [Brit ˈkaʊbɔɪ, Am ˈkaʊˌbɔɪ] N

1. cowboy Am:

cowboy

cowboy m

cowboy

mandriano m

to play cowboys and indians

giocare ai cowboy e agli indiani

to play cowboys and indians before n boots, hat

da cowboy

to play cowboys and indians film

di cowboy

2. cowboy (incompetent worker):

cowboy pej

filibustiere m

cowboy pej

ciarlatano m

cowboy before n workman

sconsiderato, irresponsabile

cowboy practices

sconsiderato, scorretto

cowboy company, outfit

senza scrupoli

drugstore cowboy [ˌdrʌɡstɔːˈkaʊbɔɪ] N Am inf

1. drugstore cowboy:

drugstore cowboy

= persona che si veste come un cowboy pur non essendolo

2. drugstore cowboy:

drugstore cowboy

= persona che passa il tempo bighellonando nei locali pubblici

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a cowboy's outfit

un completo da cowboy

let's pretend (that) we are cowboys

facciamo finta di essere cowboy

cowboy country

la terra dei cowboy

let's have a game of cowboys

giochiamo ai cowboy?

Translations for cowboys in the Italian»English Dictionary

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cowboy

cowboy

costume, cappello da cowboy

cowboy costume, hat

mandriano

cowboy

giocare ai cowboy e agli indiani

to play cowboys and indians

cappello da cowboy

cowboy hat

cowboys in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for cowboys in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.cowboy [ˈkaʊ·bɔɪ] N

1. cowboy (cattlehand):

cowboy

mandriano m

cowboy

cowboy m

2. cowboy inf (dishonest tradesperson):

cowboy

mascalzone m

II.cowboy [ˈkaʊ·bɔɪ] ADJ

cowboy

di/da cowboy

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Cowboys ride the bucking horse one-handed and can not touch or hang onto anything with their free hand.

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

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The hired hands on the ranch were rodeo cowboys.

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The wayside restaurant was the successor to the chuck wagon, the cowboys' home-from-home on the range.

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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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No power on earth could stop the poor thirsty beasts; bellowing and lowing they ran pell-mell for the water, with the cowboys in hot pursuit.

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They were once commonly carried in the saddlebag by cowboys of the old west.

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The park is so named because of its use as a natural corral by cowboys in the 19th century.

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The men who tended the animals aboard these boats were called seagoing cowboys.

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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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