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bushwhacker noun- an outlaw who attacks by ambush US, 1926
- But outlawing could be one of the hardest jobs in the old west. Drygulchers, bushwhackers, and hold-up men suffered assaults on their nerves that would send many an ordinary citizen around the bend. — George Bowering, Caprice, p. 124, 1987
- a rapist US
Playing on the sexual meaning of BUSH- — John R. Armore and Joseph D. Wolfe, Dictionary of Desperation, p. 22, 1976
- a man who enjoys sex in park bushes US
- We don’t tolerate any of those toilet quickies or a job with a bush-whacker. — Johnny Shearer, The Male Hustler, p. 20, 1966
- a person from the country; a country bumpkin US, 1809
- The easily-caught “bush-whacker” is no longer a reality. — “Sweeney ex-crook”, I Confess, p. 54, 1936
- She had wanted to show Greg as an uncultivated bushwhacker against Ralph’s elegant sophistication[.] — Dymphna Cusack, Picnic Races, p. 175, 1962
- The bushwhackers have been weakened this year by the loss of Don “Chopper” Pascoe[.] — Alexander Buzo, The Roy Murphy Show, p. 126, 1970
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