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buckjumper

[ buhk-juhm-per ]

noun

  1. a horse that bucks habitually, especially such a horse kept for use in rodeos.


buckjumper

/ ˈ²úÊŒ°ìËŒ»åÏôÊŒ³¾±èÉ™ /

noun

  1. an untamed horse
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of buckjumper1

First recorded in 1840–50; buckjump + -er 1
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The bulk of them were hard to saddle, still harder to mount, but it takes more than a savage, untamed buckjumper to conquer a man from the West.

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Lion did not act like an ordinary buckjumper.

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I believe that an inveterate buckjumper can be cured by slinging up one of the four legs, and lunging him about severely in heavy ground on the three legs.

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The horse Mrs. Lee rode from Christchurch was a new purchase and a very fine animal, named Maseppa, and, strange to say, although he carried her perfectly all the journey to Highfield, he had now, after a few weeks on the run, developed into a vicious buckjumper.

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On the occasion to which I refer, the messenger, an old Irish servant of Mr. Rowley's, was riding quietly on one of the station hacks, a horse called "Old Dan," a noted buckjumper in his day.

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