saddle tramp

saddle tramp

1. slang A cowboy, particularly one who lives a nomadic lifestyle. Primarily heard in US. You can't trust him—he's just a saddle tramp who roams from town to town!
2. slang One who rides on horseback. Primarily heard in US. A: "I hear hoofbeats." B: "Yes, there's a saddle tramp approaching in the distance."
See also: saddle, tramp
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • tramp
  • look like a saddle on a sow
  • in the saddle
  • cowboy
  • cowboy up
  • saddle an animal up
  • saddle up
  • smile
  • smiler
  • smiley
References in periodicals archive
Saddle Tramp (1989) by Jeremy James (Long Riders' Guild, 12.99 [pounds sterling]) A long ride from Turkey to Wales showing that horses are still one of the best ways to travel
Writer's reads: Jasper Winn is a travel writer who specialises in slow adventures, whether by foot, kayak, bicycle or horse. His latest book, Paddle, is out now
COVENTRY'S annual Blues & Greys Ball at the Lonestar Country and Western Club sees four-piece band Saddle Tramp Revival topping the bill.
GO: MUSIC BOX: Alice band are tied to bluegrass
This sixgun had already been given a Saddle Tramp action job by Peacemaker Specialists, making it a smooth shootin' SAA and this, with the addition of its proven inherent accuracy, made it worthy of being decorated.
Introducing
Among her western films were Saddle Tramp, The Seventh Cavalry, Guns of Fort Petticoat and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
Veteran of Westerns Jeanette Nolan dies
He was in both Wagon Train, when he replaced Robert Horton as trail scout Flint McCullough, and Laramie, as saddle tramp Jess.
SHOWBIZ SAM - THE MAN IN THE KNOW; Jack's your main man
Subtitled "The Last Cowboy," "Monte Walsh" deals with a saddle tramp who's having a hard time adjusting to the disappearance of his livelihood as the 19th century blends into the 20th and Eastern corporations continue fencing off Western land.
TNT rides herd on Westerns: cabler is mounting oater marathon for its pricey `Monte' remake
concept in fact long discarded - she agrees to go off to a remote spot to learn horse herding with a Tibetan saddle tramp, Lao Jin (Lopsang), who "lost his manhood" years ago in the Sino-Tibetan conflict.
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl
The so called Saddle Tramps he referred to rode Honda FS1E's -Yamaha made the FS1Eand it wasn't a motorcycle but a moped for 16 year olds.
YOUR LETTERS: Motor mouth
Lead pardners are two saddle tramps who, as of 1882, have been pushing cows across the plains for a decade.
Costner at home on the 'Range'
One night the Saddle Tramps were watching a film called Psychomania, a truly dire British 70s horror which featured a motorcycle gang that came back from the dead.
Get these lunatics off our roads