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young bucks

young bucks is the plural of young buck.

Meaning of young buck

Noun

young buck (plural young bucks)

  1. An adventurous or high-spirited young man.
    • Thus young Pen, the only son of an estated country gentleman, with a good allowance, and a gentlemanlike bearing and person, looked to be a lad of much more consequence than he was really; and was held by the Oxbridge authorities, tradesmen, and undergraduates, as quite a young buck and member of...1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 19, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published...

Questions about young bucks

What is young bucks the plural of?
Young bucks is the plural of young buck.

Words near young bucks in the dictionary

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  5. young buck
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