buckie

/ (ˈbʌkɪ) /

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noun Scot

a whelk or its shell

a lively or boisterous person, esp a youngster

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Word Origin for buckie

related to Latin buc (c) inum whelk, from buc (c) ina trumpet, horn

Words nearby buckie

Buckfast, buck fever, buck for, buckhorn, buckhound, buckie, Buckingham, Buckingham Palace, Buckinghamshire, buckish, buckjump

British Dictionary definitions for buckie (2 of 2)

Buckie

/ (ˈbʌkɪ) /

noun

informal short for Buckfast

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How to use buckie in a sentence

From the singing of an old woman in Buckie, Enzie, Banffshire.
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (Volume I of 5)|Various
The crab and lobster haunt in the crevices; and limpets, mussels, and the white buckie abound.
Records of a Family of Engineers|Robert Louis Stevenson
Ye needna think he cares a buckie for you, ye tow-headed, crawlin' ferlie!
Cleg Kelly, Arab of the City|S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
In various parts of Great Britain it is known as “buckie” and “mutlog.”
Birds and Nature Vol. 9 No. 4 [April 1901]|Various

It relates to the public treachery of Weir; in proof of which, Buckie produces the packet containing the dispatches to the Lords.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846|Various