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gun-broke en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of gunbroke.
    alt of gunbroke
    • He had had no time to wonder whether the horses were gun-broke, and it would probably have made very little difference if he had. 2013, Leslie Charteris, The Saint Goes West:
    • "Now ain't that a fool kid thing to do?" he cried. "Shooting a gun without asking you if your hosses was gun-broke? […]" 2014, Max Brand, Long, Long Trail:
    • But unless a horse is gun-broke, you better get off to shoot. 2012, Bill Graves, On the Back Roads: Discovering Small Towns of America, page 253: