bucko
Americannoun
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Chiefly Irish English. young fellow; chap; young companion.
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British Slang. a swaggering fellow.
noun
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Origin of bucko
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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
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
"Pether," said Officer Gaffney, "you stay here and mind the beat like a good bucko, while I stroll down to ninety-sivin wid Mrs. Finn."
From The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales by Connell, Richard
"Who's th' bucko?" inquired Silver Jack of a man near the stove.
From Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life by White, Stewart Edward
Last May Frankfurt police discovered BDJ buckoes toting truncheons, whereupon Georg August Zinn, the Socialist Minister President of Hesse, decided then & there to have a closer look at BDJ.
From Time Magazine Archive
It's just this same yawping at one another in the forecastles that makes it easy for the buckoes aft to hunt you.
From "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea by Robertson, Morgan
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