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buckhorses

buckhorses is the plural of buckhorse.

Meaning of buckhorse

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)

Questions about buckhorses

What is buckhorses the plural of?
Buckhorses is the plural of buckhorse.

Words near buckhorses in the dictionary

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

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