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hackamore

[hak-uh-mawr, -mohr] / ˈhæk əˌmɔr, -ˌmoʊr /


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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

The pony, with hackamore dangling, raced across the plain toward the hills.

From Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail by Fischer, Anton Otto

Mrs. Steele gave the half-awakened Whitey a "foot up" upon the pony, untied the hackamore, and he was gone.

From Injun and Whitey to the Rescue by Hart, William S.

“You haven’t anything but a hackamore on him,” said Merry.

From Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star by Standish, Burt L.

He wore no spurs; and as for Surry, he had no bridle and bit, but a hackamore instead.

From The Gringos by Fischer, Anton Otto




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