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
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 Emma G. Moore
The bronco-buster, noting this, became instantly filled with wrath.
From "Forward, March" A Tale of the Spanish-American War by Kirk Munroe
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 Harold Bell Wright
And then, all at once, from vituperation the bronco-buster fell to pleading, not for life, but for death.
From Arizona Nights by Stewart Edward White