buncombe

[buhng-kuhm]

noun

1. a less common variant of bunkum.

buncombe

/ ˈbʌŋkəm /

noun

1. a variant spelling (esp US) of bunkum

Example Sentences

Indeed, with Washington today having become a carnival of buncombe so sublimely preposterous that even that great journalistic iconoclast H.L.

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Their buncombe never ceases to amaze and appall.

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Simple farm workers in the main, they dismiss talk of radiation danger as pseudo-scientific buncombe.

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Before they sat down Mr. Kerry made the ritual condemnation of the assault on the Jews, composed of equal parts blarney and buncombe, and bravely urged an end to “all incitement and violence.”

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Had that fainting spell been buncombe for his benefit as well as Florence's?

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