buckjumper

American

[buhk-juhm-per] / ˈbʌkˌdʒʌm pər /

noun

a horse that bucks habitually, especially such a horse kept for use in rodeos.

buckjumper British

/ ˈbʌkˌdʒʌmpə /

noun

an untamed horse

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Etymology

Origin of buckjumper

First recorded in 1840–50; buckjump + -er ¹

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buckjumper

I got pitched off a buckjumper at a horse-dealers', Bungroopim way.

From Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life by Mrs. Campbell Praed

The end of it was that the buckjumper got home, not me.

From Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life by Mrs. Campbell Praed

I can ride anything but a buckjumper, and boss the shepherds, and I do love the life, no stifling in fields and copses!

From Modern Broods by Charlotte Mary Yonge

The bulk of them were hard to saddle, still harder to mount, but it takes more than a savage, untamed buckjumper to conquer a man from the West.

From The Sweep Winner by Nat Gould

We were treated the morning after our arrival to a lesson with the gloves, subsequently often repeated, and following this we had turns each in trying to ride a very clever buckjumper, a late purchase.

From Five Years in New Zealand 1859 to 1864 by Robert B. Booth

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