Word of the Day, June 17, 2023

June 17, 2023 [The Free Dictionary]( Word of the Day [cowpuncher]( [Discuss]( Definition: (noun) A hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback. Synonyms: [cattleman]( [cowboy]( [cowhand]( [cowherd]( [cowman]( [cowpoke]( Usage: The only time the cowpuncher was not on horseback was when he was repairing the fence around the estate. Missing Idiom Contest The Free Dictionary has the largest collection of English idioms in the world. But we are always looking for more to add, and we want your help! Every so often we hear from users who have looked up an idiom on The Free Dictionary that it was not found in the database. Maybe it was some expression they heard at work, or some phrase they grew up hearing their grandmother say. If you know an idiom that isn't already defined on The Free Dictionary, [send it to us]( and you might win $150 USD. The Farlex Idioms & Slang Dictionary [The Farlex Idioms & Slang Dictionary] New! 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Escher (1898) [Discuss]( Escher was a Dutch graphic artist now famed for prints in which he combined realistic detail with impossible perspectives to achieve bizarre optical illusions, such as staircases that appear to lead both up and down from the same level. He created visual riddles, playing with the pictorially logical and the visually impossible. Though his works have a strong mathematical component, they appeal to mathematicians, scientists, and the public alike. What creature is featured in his final print? [More...]( Today's Holiday Broadstairs Dickens Festival [Discuss]( This nine-day festival commemorating the 19th-century novelist [Charles Dickens]( and his association with the English town of [Broadstairs]( features a play adapted from a different Dickens novel each year. The actors are members of the Broadstairs Dickens Players' Society, and they spend about eight months preparing for their June performance. 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