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drugstore cowboy

noun Slang.

a young man who loafs around drugstores or on street corners.

a person who dresses like a cowboy but has never worked as one.

Origin:
1905–10

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drugstore cowboy definition

n.
a male who hangs around drugstores and other public places trying to impress women. : You don't see the old drugstore cowboys around this part of town anymore.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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