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hawbuck

hawbuck noun: a vulgar, ignorant country fellow.

Noun

hawbuck (plural hawbucks)

  1. (obsolete) A vulgar, ignorant country fellow.
    • In fact, a horse that has been accustomed to be attended by a stableman will want to have little niceties done to him that a hawbuck of a groom never thinks of doing.1851, Harry Hieover, The Pocket and the Stud, page 93

Forms of hawbuck

pluralhawbucks

Questions about hawbuck

What does hawbuck mean?
Hawbuck means a vulgar, ignorant country fellow.
What part of speech is hawbuck?
Hawbuck is a noun.
What is the plural of hawbuck?
The plural of hawbuck is hawbucks.

Words near hawbuck in the dictionary

  1. Hawbaker
  2. Hawbakers
  3. hawberk
  4. hawberks
  5. HAWBs
  6. hawbuck
  7. hawbucks
  8. Hawcoat
  9. Hawcroft
  10. Hawcrofts
  11. Hawcubite

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