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buckjumper en · NOUN

Etymology

From buck + jumper.

Meanings

1. One who takes part in buckjumping.
2. A horse that buckjumps.
   • One of the selectors owned a grey cob, one of the most pertinacious buckjumpers I ever saw, whose performances delayed the starting of the expedition for some little time. 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 77:
   • I met a chap named Martin Skuthorpe, a buck-jump rider and horse-breaker who was staying at the hotel. My obvious impulse was to ride buck-jumpers. 1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 31:

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Synonyms

buckjump rider