roughrider
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of roughrider
Example Sentences
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He was a permanent employee with no rap sheet and an interest in technology, but outside the plant he had a reputation as a roughrider.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 20, 2015
They will pair her soon-to-be-born child with the roughrider of the purple sage and tug at the nation's heartstrings.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Joven, having met with no serious accidents during the two years he had officiated as roughrider, had kept his nerve, and was still young enough to enjoy his hazardous duties most thoroughly.
From Here, There and Everywhere by Hamilton, Frederick Spencer, Lord
I like him; he's the best roughrider I ever saw.
From The Sweep Winner by Gould, Nat
Underneath a roughrider hat Burton glimpsed her face as she looked off across the fields that marked the beginning of the course.
From Frank of Freedom Hill by Derieux, Samuel A. (Samuel Arthur)
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