cowpen

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cowpen

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From cow + pen.

noun cowpens

An enclosed area used to hold cows. These burrs stuck to the tails of the cows as they walked by, and were brought to the cowpen, the cowtails greatly enlarged by the huge amount of cockleburs stuck on them.
Similar: cattle pen

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@misc{cowpen_2026,
  title = {cowpen},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cowpen},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}