buckish
[buhk-ish]
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adjective
impetuous; dashing.
Origin of buckish
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Historical Examples of buckish
Tom Nagle thanked his worship, and the buckish young bricklayer was held to bail.
Mornings at Bow StreetJohn Wight
The pretty ones were all too buckish; and the steady ones, a set of the yellowest frights I ever beheld.'
The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5)Fanny Burney
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