buck-jumper

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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at stampedes, rodeos, etc., a horse specially given to bucking and, for this reason, used as a mount in bronco-riding competitions.

Quotations

1900

The art of breeding and the advantages of breeding something better than the "ten-dollar buck-jumper" are too often disregarded.

1942

Now Scottie Fraser has a good buck-jumper, and . . . I induced him to say I might ride it.