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cowboy camping 

Sleeping outside in the backcountry without an overhead shelter (such as a tent or tarp), usually done in the context of backpacking. The decision to cowboy camp is a calculated one - bugs, rain, snow, etc. are all possible backfires to the decision and can damper the experience.

Note that having an adequate shelter is a must, cowboy camping is the decision to forgo setting up a dedicated shelter and betting that conditions will be such that the shelter is not needed (but the dedicated shelter is still present/available should it be needed). Not bringing adequate shelter with you into the backcountry is foolish and can result in injury or death.
Last night we went cowboy camping at Panther Gap and the stars were ridiculous.
cowboy camping by Pantsa October 12, 2011

cowboy dan 

a major player on the cowboy scene who goes to the reservation, drinks and gets mean, they say he'll start a war, he hops in his pickup puts the peddle to the floor and says "i've got mine but i want more" then he drives to the desert and fires his rifle in the sky and says "god if i have to die, you will have to die."
he didn't move to the city, the city moved to him and and he wants out desperately
"Cowboy Dan's a major player!"
cowboy dan by obie January 26, 2004

cowboy click 

A computer user who has no idea what they are doing randomly clicks around hoping the solution will magically appear.
A Geek Squad technician came out to fix my computer today. I watched him cowboy click for about an hour. Afterwards, he told me the solution was to buy a new computer.
cowboy click by Caligari76 September 8, 2009

Cowboy Killer 

Tim: gimme acig
Shane: iohno if you could handel the cowboy killers.
Cowboy Killer by nonuttin February 5, 2009

cowboy killers 

Uncle Bob died of lung cancer, those cowboy killers got him.
cowboy killers by TIMJB1 September 22, 2006

Cowboy Killers 

I don't smoke them lights, I smoke Cowboy Killers.
Cowboy Killers by Cary November 30, 2004