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white buck

American  
[buhks] / bʌks /

noun

  1. a casual oxford shoe made of white buckskin.


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Struggling parents did what they could to get their children on board, and those summer job paychecks paid for the white buck shoes and the V-neck tennis sweater.

From Washington Post Mar. 20, 2022

Mr. Dresser, a pet-reality TV pioneer, ran a popular webcam called Bklyn Bunny starring Roebling, a white buck with a stylish black eyepatch, from 2005 until Roebling’s death last year.

From New York Times Jul. 22, 2016

“Everything listed against its date,” the other returned imperturbably, “down to a pair of white buck shoes for a lady to-day—a generous present for some enslaver.”

From Mountain Blood A Novel by Hergesheimer, Joseph

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