Meanings
adjectivegun-broke (not comparable)
- alternativenot comparableAlternative form of gunbroke.
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 2532 more examples
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
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