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A drugstore cowboy is someone who is not a real cowboy, but dresses and acts like one. This term was originally created in the movie industry, to describe actors who would go to the drugstore lunch counter still dressed in their cowboy outfits from the movies.

Another modern meaning is a drug addict who steals or scams prescription narcotics and controlled drugs from drugstores in order to get high.

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