buckjumper

English

Etymology

From buck +‎ jumper.

Noun

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.