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  noun horn from a buck, used for knife handles, etc (as modifier): a buckhorn knife Also called buck’s horn plantain. a Eurasian plant, Plantago coronopus, having leaves resembling a buck’s horn: family Plantaginaceae Contemporary Examples Republicans Brace for a Convention Storm as Isaac Heads for Florida Daniel Stone August 22, 2012 Historical Examples Oonomoo the […]

• Buckie

  noun (Scot) a whelk or its shell a lively or boisterous person, esp a youngster noun (informal) short for Buckfast Historical Examples Birds and Nature Vol. 9 No. 4 [April 1901] Various The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (Volume I of 5) Various From John O’Groats to Land’s End Robert Naylor and John Naylor Blackwood’s […]

• Bucking

  (of a saddle or pack animal) to leap with arched back and come down with head low and forelegs stiff, in order to dislodge a rider or pack. Informal. to resist or oppose obstinately; object strongly: The mayor bucked at the school board’s suggestion. (of a vehicle, motor, or the like) to operate unevenly; move […]

• Buckingham

  George Villiers, 1st Duke of, 1592–1628, English courtier, politician, and military leader: lord high admiral 1617. his son, George Villiers, 2nd Duke of, 1628–87, English courtier and author. Buckinghamshire. Contemporary Examples James Bond to Open London 2012 Olympics Tom Sykes April 2, 2012 Will British Papers Publish Harry Pics? Tom Sykes August 21, 2012 Pippa […]

• Buckingham-palace

  a residence of the British sovereigns since 1837, in London, England: built 1703. the reigning British monarch or the royal family: Buckingham Palace has denied the rumor. noun the London residence of the British sovereign: built in 1703, rebuilt by John Nash in 1821–36 and partially redesigned in the early 20th century

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