roebuck
Americannoun
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roebucks,
plural
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roebuck
plural
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of roebuck
First recorded in 1350–1400, roebuck is from the Middle English word robucke. See roe 2, buck 1
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You were always able to roebuck and rewrite your part.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2015
Some of Germany's choicest hunting grounds, forbidden to the vanquished for the past six years, will still be reserved for American sportsmen hankering after a bit of pheasant, roebuck or rabbit.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their hero slays the "wary roebuck," sears the wild West Wind, hunts down "monsters and magicians," wendigoes and kenabeeks.
From Time Magazine Archive
The bleater instruction sheet suggests that the hunter render the fiep with "trembling hands," then promptly swing his gun to his shoulder and brace himself for the charge of a romantic roebuck.
From Time Magazine Archive
Five hundred sapeks are equivalent to about 2s. ld., and this is the ordinary price of a roebuck in Tartary; the price of a sheep is thrice that amount.
From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] by Evariste Regis Huc
He replied: "In our forests there are nothing but stags, foxes, roebucks, and boars, with here and there a forester's house."
From Bel Ami by Guy de Maupassant
As we approached Calabozo, we saw herds of roebucks browsing peacefully in the midst of horses and oxen.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Alexander von Humboldt
"Rothsattel and roebucks," whispered a voice, improvising a password.
From Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag by Gustav Freytag
The emperor lives thus till about Easter, hunting cranes, swans, hares, stags, roebucks, &c., and then returns to his capital, Cambaluc.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World by Dora Leigh
There are also deere of several countries, white, spotted like leopards; antelopes, an elk, red deere, roebucks, staggs, Guinea goates, Arabian sheepe, etc.
From Royalty Restored by J. Fitzgerald (Joseph Fitzgerald) Molloy
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