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a hired hand who tends cattle or horses at a ranch or on the range
cowboys were rounding up the cattle for branding
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It’s often served as an appetizer at an asado, a feast of meats grilled over hot coals, a tradition that began with the legendary gauchos, or cowboys, of the fertile Pampas grasslands.
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Ellen Fort, Saveur, 3 Oct. 2024
Ellen Fort, Saveur, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Cowboys.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cowboys. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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