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bucking hammer

noun
variants: or bucking iron

Definition of bucking hammer 

: a heavy iron instrument shaped like a pestle with a wooden handle attached hammer fashion and operated by hand on a bucking board

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History and Etymology for bucking hammer

from present participle of buck entry 8

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