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His style is an artistic amalgam of motifs from Alaska to Patagonia, inspired by the work of tailors like Nathan Turk and Nudie Cohn, of course, and the Mexican vaqueros before them.
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thehustle.co, 3 Feb. 2024
The American cowboy, so much a part of the iconography and outlaw ethos of country music, is based on the Mexican vaquero.
—Craig Marks, New York Times, 27 May 2024
What began as a utilitarian necessity for anyone getting around by horse, the earliest cowboy boots took inspiration from the footwear worn by Spanish vaqueros in the 17th century.
—Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2023
Believing Nena dead, Néstor has been on the run from his grief ever since, moving from ranch to ranch working as a vaquero.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 29 Sep. 2023
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thehustle.co, 3 Feb. 2024
The American cowboy, so much a part of the iconography and outlaw ethos of country music, is based on the Mexican vaquero.
—Craig Marks, New York Times, 27 May 2024
What began as a utilitarian necessity for anyone getting around by horse, the earliest cowboy boots took inspiration from the footwear worn by Spanish vaqueros in the 17th century.
—Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2023
Believing Nena dead, Néstor has been on the run from his grief ever since, moving from ranch to ranch working as a vaquero.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 29 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaquero
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The works often portray white cowboys on horseback in conflict with Indigenous people.Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
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Tim Blake Nelson sets the stage beautifully with his opening bit about a singing cowboy, but there are a number of scene-stealers here including Harry Melling, Tom Waits, and Bill Heck.Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
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One devoted father teaches his son the ways of the gaucho, and is lonely when the kid returns to school.Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 29 Nov. 2024
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With no more than 10 guests at a time, each can join the farming team for a night of local gaucho guitar music on the Gallie family's 27,000-hectare estate, with its 8,500 merino sheep and 400 Hereford and Aberdeen Angus cattle.Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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The term Cowboy became widely popular for the trade and subsequently was whitewashed to then exclude Black cowhands from the history books.Stephanie Tharpe, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
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Houston is also home to the rodeo, the country’s oldest Black trail ride, and Black cowboy culture — in 1800s Texas, one in four cowhands were Black.Maria Sherman, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2024
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Younger kids can choose from a selection of small plates portioned for cowpokes.Outside Online, Outside Online, 17 July 2024
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His fictional protagonists have included ornery cowpokes and professors of esoterica.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
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Bella Hadid has returned from playing the starring role in Rodeo and Juliet–a sort of real-life rom-com where an international supermodel falls in love with a simple Texan cowman and realizes there is a life beyond New York, London, Paris and Milan–and is (more importantly) back in capri pants.Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 2 May 2024
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McGuinn’s handshake indicated that, indeed, the farmer and the cowman, or the country traditionalist and the Byrd-man, could be friends.Chris Willman, Variety, 16 Jan. 2022
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The Supreme Court had already decided that yes, indeed, Texas — which spent a hundred million buckaroos a year on California produce — could throw up its own quarantine on Golden State goods.Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
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The group disqualifies him, however, after researchers discover his buckaroo abilities are limited to wearing expensive Stetson hats and tripping on his lasso.Gustavo ArellanoColumnist, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2022
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Also at the shower were other lovely touches, including champagne flutes with ribbons tied around the stems, a calendar for everyone to guess what Alex's due date will be, baby pink cowgirl boots and photos of the parents-to-be.Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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The dress code is urban cowgirl for the women and fatigues and combat boots for the men.Sara Netzley, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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In Mathura, a northern city where Krishna is said to have been born, people recreate a Hindu myth in which Krishna visits Radha to romance her, and her cowherd friends, taking offense at his advances, drive him out with sticks.Hari Kumar, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
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The girl and the cowherd are separated by a celestial river, but are able to be together one day a year when a flock of magpies forms a bridge over it.Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
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“Vaquero.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaquero. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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