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buckwagon

buckwagon noun: a strong wagon with a frame over the wheels used for hauling goods.

Noun

buckwagon (plural buckwagons)

  1. (South Africa) A strong wagon with a frame over the wheels used for hauling goods.
    • Upon each loaded buck-wagon, drawn by any sort of animals, not exceeding sixteen in number £0.17s.6d.1871, "An Act to Promote the Construction of a Bridge or Bridges over the Orange River", Cape of Good Hope
  2. (US) A buckboard; a wagon for personal transport as well as transporting goods.
    • ...while on the remaining days of the week a two-horse buck-wagon or hack is used.1880, B.B. Simms, “Post-Office Deficiencies § Texas”, in United States congressional serial set, page 304

Forms of buckwagon

pluralbuckwagons
alternative formbuck-wagon

Origin of buckwagon

From Afrikaans bok (“buck; goat”) and English wagon. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests a possible derivation from Middle English bouk (“belly”) or Old English buc (“buck; deer”).

Questions about buckwagon

What does buckwagon mean?
Buckwagon means a strong wagon with a frame over the wheels used for hauling goods.
What part of speech is buckwagon?
Buckwagon is a noun.
What is the plural of buckwagon?
The plural of buckwagon is buckwagons.

Words near buckwagon in the dictionary

  1. Buckton
  2. bucktooth
  3. bucktoothed
  4. bucku
  5. buckus
  6. buckwagon
  7. buckwagons
  8. Buckwalter
  9. Buckwalters
  10. buckweed
  11. buckwheat

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