bronco-buster

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“Fight or Fall” is a gorgeous midtempo ballad urging unity among men, and “Cowboy Song” looks at the lonely independence of a rodeo bronco-buster.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

I ordered 500 extra ready-prints by wire from the Newspaper Union and persuaded a bronco-buster to turn the old press for me.

From Land of the Burnt Thigh by Voorhies, Stephen J.

By the time the set was disentangled, the dance seemed to be over, and the "bronco-buster" dismissed the dancers with the cynical prophecy, "You'll all get married on a stor-my day!"

From Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book by Moore, Emma G.

I fell into line alongside a big bronco-buster with his high-heeled boots and his clanking spurs and his bandy-legged, firm-footed horseman's stride.

From The River and I by Neihardt, John G.

Then as he kicked off his leather chaps he said shortly, "I'm not looking for a job as a professional bronco-buster."

From When A Man's A Man by Wright, Harold Bell