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
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)
He had led so varied a life as pony-express rider, stage-driver, scout, Indian, bronco-buster, hunter, and trapper, that he had little room in his memory for anything short of bloodshed or a triumph for himself.
From The Westerners by White, Stewart Edward
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
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