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drugstore cowboy

 
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–noun Slang.
1. a young man who loafs around drugstores or on street corners.
2. a person who dresses like a cowboy but has never worked as one.
Origin:
1905–10
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drugstore cowboy  
n.  

  1. A loafer who passes time on sidewalks or at drugstores.

  2. One who dresses or acts like a cowboy but has never been one.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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drugstore cowboy

  1. 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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