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boots and saddles

American

noun

U.S. Army.

a cavalry bugle call for mounted drill or formation.

boots and saddles British

noun

a bugle call formerly used in the US Cavalry to summon soldiers to mount

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Add the fact that the show’s executive producer, Don Ohlmeyer, is formerly associated with NBC Sports and Games People Play, and the true slant of MTV’s self-promotional orgy is complete: an orchestrated, calculated, meaningless event.

From Slate • Aug. 27, 2019

Sports and Games Weekend, on Saturday and Sunday, will include appearances by local team mascots as well as activities like a baseball toss and a hockey goal shoot.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2014

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