buncombe
a less common variant of bunkum.
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How to use buncombe in a sentence
The penny Press, by way of doing honour to their new ruler, boldly fixed the numbers at 40,000—that was their bit of buncombe.
Lands of the Slave and the Free | Henry A. MurrayMr. Houston is a gentleman, and the buncombe property has been for ever so many hundreds of years in the family.
Ayala's Angel | Anthony TrollopeThey for the most part avoid buncombe, which would be difficult to translate into Acts of Parliament.
Congressional Government | Woodrow Wilsonbuncombe, more usually bunkum, is the name of a county in North Carolina.
The Romance of Words (4th ed.) | Ernest WeekleyI was sorry afterwards that I had spoken of the majesty of the Assembly's wisdom, because it savoured of buncombe.
The Fixed Period | Anthony Trollope
British Dictionary definitions for buncombe
/ (ˈbʌŋkəm) /
a variant spelling (esp US) of bunkum
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