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buncombe

American  
[buhng-kuhm] / ˈbʌŋ kəm /

noun

  1. a less common variant of bunkum.


buncombe British  
/ ˈbʌŋkəm /

noun

  1. a variant spelling (esp US) of bunkum

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

From Salon Jun. 9, 2018

What a grotesque debate, a travesty of rhetoric, a carnival of buncombe the likes of which even H.L.

From Slate Dec. 16, 2015

The 48 hours before this party were a flurry of rumors and numbers and buncombe.

From Slate Nov. 7, 2012

Prominent New Yorkers connected with traffic statistics say the London contention is buncombe.

From Time Magazine Archive

Professor Duff, of Glasgow University, has come out with a public statement that the maxims and proverbs of our forefathers are largely hocus-pocus and buncombe.

From The Genial Idiot His Views and Reviews by John Kendrick Bangs

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