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bucko

noun \ ˈbə-(ˌ)kō \

Definition of bucko

plural buckoes
1 : a person who is domineering and bullying : swaggerer
2 chiefly Irish : young fellow : lad

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First Known Use of bucko

1883

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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