Porter had been promoted by me to be a sort of "roper". From Wordnik.com. [The Expressman and the Detective] Reference
Herdsman and roper of stars, who could not capture. From Wordnik.com. [American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany] Reference
I'm not sure who is the roper and who is the ropee. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 8, 2005] Reference
"Yes; what the gamblers call a capper, or roper-in.". From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
Posted in shirley phelps-roper, tim mclean, vince li. From Wordnik.com. [2008 August 08 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous] Reference
Fortunately, people aren't expecting me to be a roper. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 3, 2008] Reference
Mr. SMITH: That's why I told you, you could be a roper. From Wordnik.com. [Cowboy Delmar Smith Plays Not My Job] Reference
Calf roper Joe Beaver won the all-around title, his first. From Wordnik.com. [King of the Cowboys] Reference
“Billy was the worst roper in the outfit,” Augustus said. From Wordnik.com. [Comanche Moon] Reference
roper of roper and ebert on Howard stern sirius satellite radio. From Wordnik.com. [EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Maybe I need help…] Reference
Qualified for the national rodeo finals (team roper) in 1997 and 1998. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
Rogers was, in fact, perhaps the greatest roper America has ever produced. From Wordnik.com. [Another Alaskan plane crash victim: Entertainer Will Rogers] Reference
He didn't know how good a roper Ted was, but he felt confidence in himself. From Wordnik.com. [Ted Strong in Montana With Lariat and Spur] Reference
Before 1900, he was appearing in Wild West shows as a trick roper and rider. From Wordnik.com. [Another Alaskan plane crash victim: Entertainer Will Rogers] Reference
Jim Lloyd had a cowhand from Texas called Red, who fancied himself as a roper. From Wordnik.com. [Centennial]
After a third roper got a loop around a back leg, they worked Thor's Hammer toward the barn. From Wordnik.com. [Clean Kill]
The bull pawed the ground and snorted as he shifted his attention from one roper to the other. From Wordnik.com. [Clean Kill]
When they behold a West Texas native, sometimes all they see is a goat-roper with rotten teeth. From Wordnik.com. [George Copeland: Media May Mock, But Palin A Strong Candidate] Reference
Call stood watching—not at the boy or the roper; just watching generally, it seemed to Deets. From Wordnik.com. [Comanche Moon] Reference
He was such a poor roper that Newt usually roped his horses for him, if he happened to be around. From Wordnik.com. [Lonesome Dove]
I was told the specific Lone Start term for his particular variety of faux-Texan was "goat roper.". From Wordnik.com. [McCain On Maliki's Endorsement Of Obama's Pullout Timeline: He Didn't Mean It] Reference
He was a bronc rider, a superb roper and bulldogger, and he introduced trick riding to many rodeos. From Wordnik.com. [THE AMERICAN WEST] Reference
Uttering a snarl at the interruption, the animal made a leap and accomplished what the roper had failed to accomplish. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders Among the Kentucky Mountaineers] Reference
Collins, the detective also favored with a "roper.". From Wordnik.com. [The Substitute Prisoner] Reference
It takes a good man physically to make a successful roper. From Wordnik.com. [Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West] Reference
Billings team roper to be back on prized horse in Las Vegas. From Wordnik.com. [billingsgazette.com] Reference
Professional roper riding on the wings of a heart transplant. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to They're Not Who They Play on Television] Reference
But to be a good roper, one has to give it long, hard practice. From Wordnik.com. [The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch] Reference
Yankie had been hog-tied by the champion roper of the Southwest. From Wordnik.com. [A Man Four-Square] Reference
I very soon had a noose made, and being the more expert roper of the two. From Wordnik.com. [The Boys of Crawford's Basin The Story of a Mountain Ranch in the Early Days of Colorado] Reference
Texas roper reaches top of his sport even after stroke and hole in heart. From Wordnik.com. [Brandon Sun Online - Top Stories] Reference
"She's a good roper," says I, "and she can ride as well as she can rope.". From Wordnik.com. [The Man Next Door] Reference
He was not famous as a roper, but on this occasion his "throw" went true. From Wordnik.com. [Roosevelt in the Bad Lands] Reference
"I'm all there as a roper!" he said, pulling the lasso tight round my middle. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Forester] Reference
Occasionally, as a roper returned, he paused on the edge of the herd long enough to. From Wordnik.com. [The Eagle's Heart] Reference
The prisoner lay handcuffed and tied to a bed by the champion roper of the Southwest. From Wordnik.com. [A Man Four-Square] Reference
If a cowman tells you he never stole anything, he's either a dam 'good liar or a dam' bad roper. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of the Sunset] Reference
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