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 don’t claim to be no bronco-buster now, but I used to ride some myself when I was a kid.

From Hidden Water by Dixon, Maynard

Gentleman-adventurer, bronco-buster, stoker, young gentleman of leisure, chauffeur!

From Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune by Onions, Mrs. Oliver

"The boss ain't no bronco-buster," remarked Dow, apologetically, to the cowboys.

From Roosevelt in the Bad Lands by Hagedorn, Hermann

Then a lean, slab-sided, rather frowzy-looking man, outwardly differing in no essential respect from the professional bronco-buster of the Southwest, slipped from the spectators' seats into the ring.

From A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open by Roosevelt, Theodore