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buckoes

buckoes is the plural of bucko.

Meaning of bucko

Noun

bucko (plural buckos or buckoes)

  1. (also, attributive, informal) A boastful or bullying man.
    • A far cry from the miserable existance^([sic – meaning existence]) of the common sailor brought about by bucko mates and bible preaching captains on the large ocean-going vessels, life aboard a doghole wasn't for everyone and losing your ship on the rocks or being rolled like a cork on a big wave...1983, Billy C. Lewis, “Doghole Schooners of the Redwood Coast”, in The Compass, page 24
  2. (informal) Used as a term of address: young lad, friend, pal.
    • He did an imitation of a pirate: "Arr, Arr, Arr, me buckos."2007, Howard [A.] Norman, Devotion, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 90

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Questions about buckoes

What is buckoes the plural of?
Buckoes is the plural of bucko.

Words near buckoes in the dictionary

  1. Bucknill
  2. Bucknills
  3. Bucknor
  4. Bucknors
  5. bucko
  6. buckoes
  7. buckos
  8. buckra
  9. Buckrabanyule
  10. buckraker
  11. buckrakers

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