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puncher

punchers

Definitions of puncher
  1. noun
    someone who delivers punches
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    type of:
    boxer, pugilist
    someone who fights with his fists for sport
  2. noun
    a tool for making holes or indentations
    synonyms: punch
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    types:
    center punch
    a tool with a conical point that is used to make indentations in metal (especially to mark points for drilling)
    punch pliers
    punch consisting of pliers for perforating paper or leather
    type of:
    tool
    an implement used in the practice of a vocation
  3. noun
    a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
    synonyms: cattleman, cowboy, cowhand, cowherd, cowman, cowpoke, cowpuncher
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    buckaroo, buckeroo, vaquero
    local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California)
    cowgirl
    a woman cowboy
    gaucho
    a cowboy of the South American pampas
    horse wrangler, wrangler
    a cowboy who takes care of the saddle horses
    roper
    a cowboy who uses a lasso to rope cattle or horses
    type of:
    ranch hand
    a hired hand on a ranch
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