prairie breaker

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Origin of prairie breaker

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

He stands, one assumes on a porch, which overlooks a prairie.
Huckabee 2016: Bend Over and Take It Like a Prisoner!|Olivia Nuzzi|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It's not necessarily a deal-breaker, but it is kind of a top priority.
My Week on Jewish Tinder|Emily Shire|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
There is such a thing in presidential primary politics as a single-issue deal-breaker.
Be the Smarter Bush Brother, Jeb: Don’t Run!|Michael Tomasky|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Mixing meat and dairy is a kosher rule-breaker, so they switched the cheese for potatoes.
I Ate Potato Pancakes Til I Plotzed|Emily Shire|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

One year later and 10 blocks away, my mother came into the world, the granddaughter of those pioneers who had roamed the prairie.
Those Kansas City Blues: A Family History|Katie Baker|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This, thought I, is a dismal-looking outcome—two men and a dead horse left high and dry on the sun-flooded prairie.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Not while I had the open prairie underfoot and the summer sky above, and hands to strike a blow or pull a trigger.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
"We'll be blamed lucky if we don't run into a prairie-fire before mornin'," Piegan grumbled.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
One company also has irrigation works, and ready-made farms for settlers in the prairie provinces.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
The sergeant went out, and when the beat of hoofs sank into the silence of the prairie, Winston called Courthorne in.
Winston of the Prairie|Harold Bindloss