English

Noun

dude ranch ‎(plural dude ranches)

1. (US) A ranch in which tourists may experience a romanticized version of the Wild West; features include camping, horseback riding and other outdoor pursuits.
   • 1956, P. G. Wodehouse, 'French Leave', Barrie & Jenkins, London: 1974, p 125.

     ...I didn't get on very well with my stepmother, so I cleared off and went to America. I was there several years, doing various jobs. I was on the waterfront for a time, and I worked on a dude ranch and went prospecting with a friend of mine in the Mojave desert and ... oh, lots of things. When the war broke out, I was a waiter at a New York hotel.

References

1. ↑ Scribner's Magazine 343/1, March 1921, "‘Is this Scott Lawson's dude ranch?’ soberly inquired the rider of the pinto."