buckoes

buckoes
adj. boasting, bragging n. boaster, a swaggering fellow; bossy person; (Irish Slang) boy or man

English contemporary dictionary. 2014.

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  • bucko — noun (plural buckoes) Date: 1883 1. a person who is domineering and bullying ; swaggerer 2. chiefly Irish young fellow ; lad …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • bucko — /buk oh/, n., pl. buckoes. 1. Chiefly Irish Eng. young fellow; chap; young companion. 2. Brit. Slang. a swaggering fellow. [1880 85; BUCK1 + O] * * * …   Universalium

  • bucko — noun (plural buckoes or buckos) informal a young man …   English new terms dictionary

  • bucko — [buk′ō΄] n. pl. buckoes [< BUCK1] 1. [Old Naut. Slang] a blustering or swaggering fellow; bully 2. a young man; fellow: an Irishism often used in familiar address …   English World dictionary

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