DCHP-3

puncher

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1†n.

a man who works as a rider on a cattle or horse ranch.

See: cowboy ((n.))(def. 1)

Quotations

1912
. . . the mare could tell a rider from a lubber the minute he put foot in the stirrup. Ben had decked him out in puncher's garb. The lariet was correctly coiled at the saddle-horn.
1950
Jean thanked the gorgeous young puncher and rapturously admired not only the fellow's horse but the fellow himself, while John attended to the menial task of getting down and looking over team and harness.
2n. — Lumbering, Slang

the operator of a donkey engine; donkeyman.

Quotations

1942
. . . I toot my signal with ease,/ To keep the puncher a-guessing, with a crew he can never just please.
1953
The lunches were crappy, the hotcakes were lousy,/ The puncher was nervous, the whistle punk drowsy. . . .