Citations:transwestite

English citations of transwestite

Noun: "a person who is not a cowboy but dresses in Western-style clothing or costumes"

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• 1997 — David Berreby, "Your Mom Wears Combat Boots", The New York Times, 9 March 1997:

  So why shouldn't businessmen dressed as cowboys in a Houston bar be called, as one fellow drinker put it, "transwestites"?

• 2000 March 1, Gwendolyn Ann Smith, “Re: gay shopping”, in soc.support.transgendered‎^[1] (Usenet):

  > (When I was a kid, I played cowboy. Now when I am old, I still like
  > western style outfits. Does this make me a primary cowperson?)
  No, it makes you a transwestite. ::smirk::

• 2004 — Linda Castrone, "The new western style", Denver Post, 11 January 2004:

  While the Real Deal rides bucking broncs and collects prize buckles, the rest of us slip into our Wranglers and Stetsons and sashay through town as if we owned the place. Those of us who have spent time in the saddle feel especially smug, but even "transwestites" (those people our daddies described as all hat and no cattle) are welcome when the stock show is in town.

• 2006 — Donna Jean Mackinnon, "Confessions of a sole man", Toronto Star, 30 April 2006:

  Benattar blames the decline in the sale of high-end boots to "fat-assed" line dancers, who he refers to as "transwestites."

• 2007 — Nairne Holtz, The Skin Beneath, Insomniac Press (2007), →ISBN, page 118:

  With a tip of the brim of her black cowboy hat, Sam greets her friend. Tonight, Sam's a sweet transwestite in jeans and a black gabardine shirt with front patch pockets and pearl white snaps.