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gun-broke

gun-broke is the alternative form of gunbroke.

Meaning of gunbroke

Adjective

gunbroke (not comparable)

  1. Trained not to spook when a gun is fired nearby.
    • Well hold his horse. He might not be gunbroke.1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, →ISBN, page 42

Questions about gun-broke

What is gun-broke the alternative form of?
Gun-broke is the alternative form of gunbroke.

Words near gun-broke in the dictionary

  1. gun worms
  2. gun-barrel
  3. gun-barrels
  4. gun-brig
  5. gun-brigs
  6. gun-broke
  7. gun-centric
  8. gun-control
  9. gun-for-hire
  10. gun-fu
  11. gun-happy

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