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  • n  an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track

  • Last week the jinx again perched on the westbound Olympian's cowcatcher.
  • As the train caught up, he crawled out on the cowcatcher, seized the wolf by its tail.
  • Two students were impaled on the cowcatcher, others strewn for 200 yards along the track.
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  • Lightning starts blaze above Hailey
         The first wildfire of the summer in the Wood River Valley began Tuesday afternoon after lightening struck about 500 feet up Cowcatcher Ridge on the east side of Hailey.
    July 19, 2013 - Idaho Mountain Express and Guide

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