buckle bunny
n.— «“Are there girls,” I said, “who follow rodeo cowboys?” Sundown grinned. “We call them buckle bunnies.”» —“The Sport of Cowboys” by Roger Kahn in Cody, Wyo. New York Times July 24, 1978. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
buckle bunny
n.— «“Are there girls,” I said, “who follow rodeo cowboys?” Sundown grinned. “We call them buckle bunnies.”» —“The Sport of Cowboys” by Roger Kahn in Cody, Wyo. New York Times July 24, 1978. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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