golden buck
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of golden buck
An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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Add two slices of broiled or fried bacon to each service of golden buck.
From Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties With Fifty Illustrations of Original Dishes by Janet McKenzie Hill
At least that is what it looks like to us—a golden buck, forty cents at any good restaurant—in the act of undergoing spontaneous combustion.
From Cobb's Bill-of-Fare by Peter Newell
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