hackamore
Example Sentences
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So Williams plans to stop calling a rope a rawhide riata and not use words like hackamore, tapaderas and cinch ring.
From Time Magazine Archive
When at last hackamore and saddle were in place, and the bay stood trembling and sweating, Phil wiped the perspiration from his own forehead and turned to the stranger.
From When A Man's A Man by Harold Bell Wright
Deftly seizing one by the nose, the girl forced a rope "hackamore" she had brought with her into its mouth, and cast off its hobbles.
From The Boy Scouts On The Range by Lieut. Howard Payson
Presently the riders returned, and Phil, when he had removed saddle, blanket and hackamore from his pupil, seated himself on the edge of the watering trough beside the Dean.
From When A Man's A Man by Harold Bell Wright
We'd ketch 'im up, hackamore 'im up, saddle 'im up and get on 'im and let 'im go.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration
