buncombe

[ buhng-kuhm ]

/ ˈbʌŋ kəm /

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noun

a less common variant of bunkum.

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Words nearby buncombe

bunching onion, bunch light, bunch pink, bunchy, bunco, buncombe, bund, Bundaberg, Bundelkhand, Bundesrat, Bundestag

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How to use buncombe in a sentence

The penny Press, by way of doing honour to their new ruler, boldly fixed the numbers at 40,000—that was their bit of Buncombe.
Lands of the Slave and the Free|Henry A. Murray
Mr. Houston is a gentleman, and the Buncombe property has been for ever so many hundreds of years in the family.
Ayala's Angel|Anthony Trollope
They for the most part avoid buncombe, which would be difficult to translate into Acts of Parliament.
Congressional Government|Woodrow Wilson
Buncombe, more usually bunkum, is the name of a county in North Carolina.
The Romance of Words (4th ed.)|Ernest Weekley

I was sorry afterwards that I had spoken of the majesty of the Assembly's wisdom, because it savoured of buncombe.
The Fixed Period|Anthony Trollope

British Dictionary definitions for buncombe

buncombe

/ (ˈbʌŋkəm) /

noun

a variant spelling (esp US) of bunkum

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