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
The bronco-buster, swept from his feet by the pony's rapid turn, nevertheless struggled desperately to wrench himself loose.
From Arizona Nights by White, Stewart Edward
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.
An incident occurred at the upper camp that winter which clearly shows the difference between the cow-hand of that day and the modern bronco-buster.
From Reed Anthony, Cowman by Adams, Andy
Germany and the Rhineland; visit to the Metternichs' château, Johannisberg; reminiscences of the war; famous Johannisberg wine; a gentlemanly American bronco-buster captures the Westphals; at Weimar; calling on a noble farmer; boar-hunting in Westphalia.
From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)