bullwhacker
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bullwhacker
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60; bull 1 + whacker ( def. )
Example Sentences
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The bullwhacker gave way to the steam engine, the log drive to the railroad; then the steam engine gave way to the tractor, the railroad to the truck.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Arkansas, where he worked as a bullwhacker, he came down with malaria, which he tried to treat with a patent medicine called Orang Utan Liniment and teas brewed from rattlesnake weed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her father was a Missouri bullwhacker, a driver of the 16-hitch ox teams that pulled Conestoga wagons over the old Santa Fe trail.
From Time Magazine Archive
But on the way back Stetson sold it to a St. Louis bullwhacker for $5 in gold, thereupon decided to go into business.
From Time Magazine Archive
I know oxen," the old bullwhacker used to say, "I've worked 'em and fed 'em and doctored 'em ever since the ox was invented.
From The Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan by Laughead, W.B.
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