Welcome to our Weekly Western Word of the Day...or, as I affectionately call it, Western Wednesdays!
Boot-Black Cowpuncher - a humorous term for a man who came from the East to get into the cattle business. "Boot-Black" referred to the shiny, polished boots that weren't yet broken-in from the hard work of cattle ranching.
Source:
Cowboy Lingo by Ramon F. Adams; ISBN#0-618-08349-9
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