bucko

American  

[buhk-oh] / ˈbʌk oʊ /

noun

buckoes plural

1. Chiefly Irish English. young fellow; chap; young companion.

2. British Slang. a swaggering fellow.

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bucko British  

/ ˈbʌkəʊ /

noun

1. a lively young fellow: often a term of address

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• buckoes
  plural

Etymology

Origin of bucko

First recorded in 1880–85; buck ¹ + -o

Example Sentences

Reb's "future Scotsman" is a fairly fantastic bucko named Jack, who believed himself to be an Irishman until he was 20 and played the part to the Abbey Theater hilt.

From Time Magazine Archive

Where now are the bucko mates of yesteryear?

From Time Magazine Archive

It's about a lovable but deplorable young Midlands bucko back in England's border-war time, a good tale withal but not on the same counter with mature Kaye- Smithiana.

From Time Magazine Archive

But indeed he needed no physical backing; his indomitable spirit had cowed the bucko.

From The Blood Ship by Springer, Norman

My God!" says I, "that bucko will be Helen the Fair and the rest of Homer if he ain't roped!

From Red Saunders' Pets and Other Critters by Phillips, Henry Wallace