golden buck

noun

1. a dish consisting of Welsh rabbit topped with a poached egg.

Word History and Origins

Origin of golden buck¹

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

Example Sentences

A "Golden Buck" is merely the addition of a poached egg which is put carefully on top of rarebit.

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Perhaps it is just as well that no description of the world's first Golden Buck has come down from him.

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Nowadays some chafing dish show-offs try to gild the Golden Buck with dashes of ginger and spice.

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Add two slices of broiled or fried bacon to each service of golden buck.

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No branching antlers this strange beast adorn, But with the Golden Buck we take a horn.

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