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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 [bək] (building construction) The frame into which the finished door fits. (mining engineering) To break up or pulverize ore samples. A large quartz reef in which there is little or no accessory minerals such as gold. Also known as buck quartz; bull quartz. (vertebrate zoology) A male deer. 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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I was disappointed to read that Councilwomen Wendy Greuel and Jan Perry passed the buck and blamed the Department of Water and Power for the energy emergency in Los Angeles. They have, like Pilate, washed their hands and passed the buck to "the states," despite the fact that our national welfare system was devised because all too many states were doing an abysmal job of addressing the desperate poverty in which some of their citizens lived. He's never passed the buck when he could have," she says. |
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