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buck⋅o

  [buhk-oh]
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–noun, plural buck⋅oes.
1. Chiefly Irish English. young fellow; chap; young companion.
2. British Slang. a swaggering fellow.
Origin:
1880–85; buck 1 + -o
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buck·o   (bŭk'ō)   
n.   pl. buck·oes or buck·os

  1. A blustering or bossy person.

  2. Irish A young man; a lad.


[Alteration of buck1.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
bucko [ˈbəko]

  1. n.
    friend; pal. (Also a term of address. Can also be used with a sneer to convey contempt.) : Hey, bucko, come here a minute.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

bucko 
term of address, originally (1883) nautical and with a sense of "swaggering, domineering fellow." Probably from buck in the slang sense of "a blood or choice spirit."
"There are in London divers lodges or societies of Bucks, formed in imitation of the Free Masons: one was held at the Rose, in Monkwell-street, about the year 1705. The president is styled the Grand Buck." ["Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 1811]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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