bucker

¹

[ buhk-er ]

noun

1. a horse that bucks.
2. a person who bucks rivets.
3. a person employed to carry, shovel, lift, or load coal, farm produce, etc.

bucker

²

[ buhk-er ]

noun

, Canadian.

1. (in lumbering) a person who saws felled trees into shorter, more easily hauled lengths.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bucker¹

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; buck ² + -er ¹

Origin of bucker²

First recorded in 1905–10; buck ³ in the sense “to cut or saw wood with a bucksaw” + -er ¹

Example Sentences

I'm open to bet there isn't a bucker in Australia can get rid of him in a quarter of an hour.

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As a matter of fact, he became detached rather early in the game, having been accidentally given a bucker.

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A bucker is a bent piece of wood by which slaughtered sheep are hung up by their expanded hind legs, before being cut out.

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The workmen seated before it, break the pieces of mixed ore, called bowse in Derbyshire, with the bucker.

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The saddle was double-cinched, and when Orlick tightened the flank girth the animal revolved, kicking in a circle like a bucker.

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