DCHP-1 Online
cowboy ((v.)) 
1 v. work as a cowboy (def. 1).
See also: cowboy ((n.)) (def. 1)
- 1960 All these things, said Joe, he found out in the past 19 years. Although he cowboyed as a lad and has bought and sold horses all his life he wasn't even sure of the name of the first spotted horse he bought in 1940.
- 1964 . . . Mooney told the court that he has had 20-odd years experience cowboying in Arizona, Utah, Wyoming and B.C. . . .
2 v. bring under control, as an unbroken horse, a wild steer, etc.
- 1927 (1929) Rider must hook 'em in the shoulder and holler first jump and then cowboy him in the best way he knows how.
- 1962 "Can'tcha cowboy a little yearling like that 'thout trouble?"
- 1960 All these things, said Joe, he found out in the past 19 years. Although he cowboyed as a lad and has bought and sold horses all his life he wasn't even sure of the name of the first spotted horse he bought in 1940.