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gunbroke

gunbroke adjective: trained not to spook when a gun is fired nearby.

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
    • Most o' the horses are gunbroke an' they're less likely to spook than the cattle.2009, Will Armstrong, Jordan Land, page 122

Forms of gunbroke

alternative formgun-broke

Origin of gunbroke

From gun + broke.

Questions about gunbroke

What does gunbroke mean?
Gunbroke means trained not to spook when a gun is fired nearby.
What part of speech is gunbroke?
Gunbroke is an adjective.

Words near gunbroke in the dictionary

  1. gunboaters
  2. gunboating
  3. gunboats
  4. Gunbower
  5. gunbright
  6. gunbroke
  7. gunbuck
  8. gunbucked
  9. gunbucking
  10. gunbucks
  11. gunbuilder

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