bugboy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bugboy
Example Sentences
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Lopez, who had tremendous success down south as a bugboy in 2016, also competed with Russell Baze for the leading Northern California rider spot in 2015.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2019
All the gifts, the marvelous, balanced seat, the head filled with horse sense and a ticking clock, the wonderful, knowing hands of the bugboy had been fused with the courage of the race rider.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was riding "bugboy light," a 5-lb.. weight allowance granted apprentice jockeys.
From Time Magazine Archive
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