adj. (American).—Unruly; wild; savage. [The BRONCHO = the native horse of California, a somewhat tricky and uncertain quadruped; Spanish broncho = rough and crabbed little beast, and in truth he deserves this name.]
1887. F. FRANCIS, Jun., Saddle and Mocassin, viii. 146. Oh, I d’n’ know!—he’d been singing the music to ’em [imitating them]. Sam’s too BRONCHO; he gets all-fired mean sometimes when he’s full.
