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buckhorse

buckhorse noun: a smart blow or box on the ear.

Noun

buckhorse (plural buckhorses)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) A smart blow or box on the ear.
    • […] the hands of the same exalted young lady being also well calculated to give any man such a 'buckhorse' as would have sent him whirling round the presence-chamber […]1870, George Musgrave Musgrave, A Ramble Into Brittany (volume 1, page 80)

Forms of buckhorse

pluralbuckhorses

Origin of buckhorse

After a celebrated "bruiser" of the same name, said to have allowed anybody to strike him on the side of the face for a small sum of money.

Questions about buckhorse

What does buckhorse mean?
Buckhorse means a smart blow or box on the ear.
What part of speech is buckhorse?
Buckhorse is a noun.
What is the plural of buckhorse?
The plural of buckhorse is buckhorses.

Words near buckhorse in the dictionary

  1. buckhorn plantain
  2. buckhorn plantains
  3. Buckhorn Weston
  4. buckhornite
  5. buckhorns
  6. buckhorse
  7. buckhorses
  8. buckhound
  9. buckhounds
  10. Buckhurst Hill
  11. Buckie

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