buckie
1 Britishnoun
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a whelk or its shell
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a lively or boisterous person, esp a youngster
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of buckie
related to Latin buc ( c ) inum whelk, from buc ( c ) ina trumpet, horn
Example Sentences
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"I've seen examples from Portknockie, Findochty and Buckie."
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The old Moray constituency is to be cut in two, with Keith and Buckie being swallowed up by Aberdeenshire North and Moray East, while Elgin joins a new Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey seat.
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Holders Celtic powered into the last 16 as Highland League Buckie Thistle's Scottish Cup adventure ended on a sodden Glasgow afternoon.
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The game at Celtic Park was the only fourth-round tie to use the review system and it was called upon to discern whether Liel Abada had been fouled in the Buckie box.
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Part-time Buckie continued to play an effective offside line.
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