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bucko

[ buhk-oh ]

noun

, plural buck·oes.
  1. Chiefly Irish English. young fellow; chap; young companion.
  2. British Slang. a swaggering fellow.


bucko

/ ˈbʌkəʊ /

noun

  1. a lively young fellow: often a term of address


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bucko1

First recorded in 1880–85; buck 1 + -o

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Example Sentences

The captain is a hard nut and the mates are both of the ‘bucko’ type.

McCune, from the supposed security of the foretop-gallant yard, had cursed him for a black-hearted bucko.

Paul was a "white water bucko" and rode water so rough it would tear an ordinary man in two to drink out of the river.

I may be a bucko, and I may be drunk to-night, but I know a man when I see one.

My Bucko Bill, you're right now picked for the drive, an' I'll see to it myself that you git yourn in the river.

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