bull tailing

bull tailing
 n.— «The rodeo-like sport of bull tailing, or Toros Coleados, which Venezuelan immigrants have brought to South Florida, involves cowboys on horseback who grab a running bull by the tail and pull it down. There’s a similar event in Mexico, known as colas.» —“Senate Passes Ban On ‘Bull Tailing’” WKMG-TV (Tallahassee, Florida) Apr. 24, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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