buckjumper
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of buckjumper
Example Sentences
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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 Gould, Nat
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 Yonge, Charlotte Mary
An experienced buckjumper will decide as the saddle is being put on him to get rid of it as soon as possible without any apparent reason for such reprehensible conduct.
From Five Years in New Zealand 1859 to 1864 by Booth, Robert B.
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 Praed, Campbell, Mrs.
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 Booth, Robert B.
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