Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
bronco .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Western U.S. A native or a Mexican horse of small size.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
bronco .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang
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Examples
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"I'll take the shine off this costume in about one day," said Jim grimly, "when I get in the open, I would rather break a broncho, than a new suit of clothes."
Frontier Boys on the Coast or in the Pirate's Power Wyn Roosevelt
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To keep himself afloat and offer no resistance to the broncho was the most that he could do, and the best.
The Furnace of Gold Philip Verrill Mighels
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The broncho is a child in size and strength compared to
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My pack horse which I rode to-day, a buckskin colored broncho, which is docile under the pack saddle, "bucked" as I mounted him this morning; but I kept my seat in the saddle without difficulty.
The Discovery of Yellowstone Park Nathaniel Pitt Langford 1871
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Two minutes 'ride brought the leaders to the smouldering ruins of the baggage wagon, at sight of which, and the charred and unrecognizable body in their midst, his captain had groaned aloud, then forced his "broncho" up the rocky path to where they had made their camp, and then, when he saw the ruined ambulance and all the evidences of Apache triumph, he reeled in his saddle and would have fallen headlong had not two stout troopers held him while their young lieutenant thrust a flask of brandy between the ashen lips; and then in his wild vision Pike saw them ride on and on up the road right beneath them -- only a quarter of a mile away -- never heeding, never looking for him and his precious charges.
Sunset Pass or Running the Gauntlet Through Apache Land Charles King 1888
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Uttering a tremendous grunt, he arched his back again, stamping with all four feet, somewhat like the capers of a Mexican "broncho" when preparing to buck "; then he snorted once more, with such explosive force as seemed to shake the tree beside which we were hidden, as he looked about for something to pitch into.
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Skin like tissue paper, mouth like silk, but kill the toughest broncho ever foaled -- look at them lungs an 'nostrils.
CHAPTER XXI 2010
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Milda was fourteen years old, an unadulterated broncho, and in temperament was a combination of mule and jack-rabbit blended equally.
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"Just as you got to take the buck out of a broncho, you've got to take the bite out of a lion."
CHAPTER XXXIII 2010
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There will be sleeping on the couch while I try to recoup my energy reserves and settle the whole broncho-spasm thing.
Two steps forward ... karenmiller 2009
yarb commented on the word broncho
Citation on quirt.
See also bronco.
August 9, 2008