English

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Etymology

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From buck +‎ jumper.

Noun

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buckjumper (plural buckjumpers)

  1. One who takes part in buckjumping.
  2. A horse that buckjumps.
    • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 77:
      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.