bronco buster

bronco buster
   West: 1888. A cowboy who breaks wild horses. According to Adams, he is no ordinary run-of-the-mill horsebreaker, but a highly skilled rider who takes great pride and satisfaction in doing his job well.
   Also known as: bronc breaker, bronc buster, bronc fighter, bronc peeler, bronc rider, bronc scratcher, bronc snapper, bronc squeezer, bronc stomper, bronc twister, bullbat, buster, contract buster, flesh rider, gentler, hazer, horsebreaker, jinete, (a)mansador, peeler, rough-string rider.

Cowboy Talk. A Dictionary of Spanish Terms. . 2013.

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