buckjumper

American  

[buhk-juhm-per] / ˈbʌkˌdʒʌm pər /

noun

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

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buckjumper British  

/ ˈbʌkˌdʒʌmpə /

noun

1. an untamed horse

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Etymology

Origin of buckjumper

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

Example Sentences

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.

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Lion did not act like an ordinary buckjumper.

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I believe that an inveterate buckjumper can be cured by slinging up one of the four legs, and lunging him about severely in heavy ground on the three legs.

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They should be able to ride a buckjumper, or, at any rate, hold on till the saddle went, use a stockwhip, cut up and light a pipe of tobacco with a single wax vesta while riding full speed in the teeth of a sou'-wester, and be ready and competent to take a hand at any manual labour going.

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The horse Mrs. Lee rode from Christchurch was a new purchase and a very fine animal, named Maseppa, and, strange to say, although he carried her perfectly all the journey to Highfield, he had now, after a few weeks on the run, developed into a vicious buckjumper.

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