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Definition of Bronco busting
1. Noun. Breaking a bronco to saddle.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bronco Busting
Literary usage of Bronco busting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Handy Book of Curious Information: Comprising Strange Happenings in the by William Shepard Walsh (1913)
"People see the bronco-busting contests in the travelling shows nowadays and think
they are looking at a genuine sample, but it's all a base imitation. ..."
2. Riders of Many Lands by Theodore Ayrault Dodge, Frederic Remington (1894)
"Bronco-busting is a distinct art. The bronco-buster may be a "professional," who
has originally taken up the work to replenish his exchequer, ..."
3. The Rough Riders by Theodore Roosevelt (1899)
"After this almost every day we had exhibitions of bronco-busting, in which all
the crack riders of the regiment vied with one another, riding not only all ..."
4. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1873)
"... where there is excitement a plenty in the "round ups" ; bronco busting ; plots
and counter-plots, and gun-play. An absorbing mystery romance of Arizona. ..."
5. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1914)
"He wanted to see the boys; he wondered what they were doing. Left to themselves,
they might get into mischief. They had been wild to try bronco busting. ..."
6. Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography by Theodore Roosevelt (1913)
"I mean by this that I never became a first-flight man in the hunting field, and
never even approached the bronco-busting class in the West. ..."
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