Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A herder having charge of a saddle-band, or string of ponies, among stockmen.
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Examples
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He could dance almost as well as a circus horse; and when Frank had tended the saddle herd at night, as horse-wrangler, he was accustomed to depend on Buckskin to give ample warning of trouble, whether in the shape of a storm, a threatened stampede, or the presence of cattle-rustlers.
The Saddle Boys of the Rockies Lost on Thunder Mountain James Carson
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"In other words," he said, finally, in a voice that was oily and coaxing, as if he wanted the truth from him, "the dudes don't want the cook and the horse-wrangler to eat with them?"
The Dude Wrangler Caroline Lockhart 1916
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Jesse Cummings, of Mesa, was along to act as cook, packer, and horse-wrangler, helped in all three branches by the two elder boys; he was a Kentuckian by birth, and a better man for our trip and a stancher friend could not have been found.
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Doubtless they could learn more from Juan, the horse-wrangler, who was somewhere about.
Heart of the Sunset Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913
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Yeager, the horse-wrangler at Corbett's, stopped in front of the porch, and jerked his head, with a twisted grin, in the direction indicated.
A Daughter of the Dons A Story of New Mexico Today William MacLeod Raine 1912
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Duncan shortened the stirrups and put the boy on Briquette, who had just proved a handful for even an old horse-wrangler like Cuba Sebeck.
The Prairie Child Arthur Stringer 1912
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His name is Cuba Sebeck and in times of peace he professes to be a horse-wrangler.
The Prairie Child Arthur Stringer 1912
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But I have been keeping a close eye over my kiddies -- and woe betide the horse-wrangler who uses unseemly language within their hearing.
The Prairie Child Arthur Stringer 1912
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The outfit came in the next morning -- fourteen punchers, the horse-wrangler having trouble as usual with the _remuda_, the cook, Chavis, and Pickett.
The Range Boss Charles Alden Seltzer 1908
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He headed straight for the protection of the horse-wrangler, who watched his cavvy not far away, and his face was the color of stale putty.
The Happy Family B. M. Bower 1905
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