What does green-broke mean?

green-broke

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.67 in modern English

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"But Geronimo, a green-broke three-year old^([sic]) gelding, was too frightened to be caught."
"He didn't want them up on green-broke mounts."
"“Those fou' horses are green-broke now, so I need to drive 'em down to the Ba' Cross for the boys to use as replacements and get 'em cattle-trained before fall roundup."

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