bucko

buck·o

[buhk-oh]
noun, plural buck·oes.
1.
Chiefly Irish English. young fellow; chap; young companion.
2.
British Slang. a swaggering fellow.

Origin:
1880–85; buck1 + -o

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bucko (ˈbʌkəʊ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -oes
(Irish) a lively young fellow: often a term of address

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Bucko is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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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]
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bucko definition

[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.
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