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buncombe

American  
[buhng-kuhm] / ˈbʌŋ kəm /

noun

  1. a less common variant of bunkum.


buncombe British  
/ ˈbʌŋkəm /

noun

  1. a variant spelling (esp US) of bunkum

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Indeed, with Washington today having become a carnival of buncombe so sublimely preposterous that even that great journalistic iconoclast H.L.

From Salon

Their buncombe never ceases to amaze and appall.

From New York Times

Simple farm workers in the main, they dismiss talk of radiation danger as pseudo-scientific buncombe.

From Los Angeles Times

Had that fainting spell been buncombe for his benefit as well as Florence's?

From Project Gutenberg

It seems to me, therefore, that in spite of all the jokes about talking for buncombe, the talk for Buncombe has not been half tall enough yet.

From Project Gutenberg