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buck1 1. a. the male of various animals including the goat, hare, kangaroo, rabbit, and reindeer b. (as modifier): a buck antelope 2. South African an antelope or deer of either sex buck2 1. US, Canadian, and Austral informal a dollar 2. South African informal a rand buck3 1. Gymnastics a type of vaulting horse 2. US and Canadian a stand for timber during sawing buck4 Poker a marker in the jackpot to remind the winner of some obligation when his turn comes to deal Buck Pearl S(ydenstricker). 1892--1973, US novelist, noted particularly for her novel of Chinese life The Good Earth (1931): Nobel prize for literature 1938 Buck after murder of his master, leads wolf pack. [Am. Lit.: The Call of the Wild] See : Dogs Buck clever and temerarious dog perseveres in the Klondike. [Am. Lit.: Call of the Wild] See : Resourcefulness How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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"Betsy" (this was a nigger woman), you fly around and get him something to eat as quick as you can, poor thing; and one of you girls go and wake up Buck and tell him -- oh, here he is himself. After throwing aside the thick mittens which had encased his hands, there now appeared a pair of leather gloves tipped with fur; he examined his priming, and was about to move forward, when the light bounding noise of an animal plunging through the woods was heard, and a fine buck darted into the path a short distance ahead of him. "Because, my child," replied the Buck, "my temper is so uncertain that if I permit one of those noisy creatures to come into my presence I am likely to forget myself and do him an injury. |
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