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Buckie

1

/ ˈbʌkɪ /

noun

  1. informal.
    short for Buckfast
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


buckie

2

/ ˈbʌkɪ /

noun

  1. a whelk or its shell
  2. a lively or boisterous person, esp a youngster
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Buckie1

related to Latin buc ( c ) inum whelk, from buc ( c ) ina trumpet, horn
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Example Sentences

The old Moray constituency is to be cut in two, with Keith and Buckie being swallowed up by Aberdeenshire North and Moray East, while Elgin joins a new Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey seat.

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Holders Celtic powered into the last 16 as Highland League Buckie Thistle's Scottish Cup adventure ended on a sodden Glasgow afternoon.

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The game at Celtic Park was the only fourth-round tie to use the review system and it was called upon to discern whether Liel Abada had been fouled in the Buckie box.

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Part-time Buckie continued to play an effective offside line.

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The sight of Kyogo and Abada making way for Vata and Mikey Johnston might have had the Buckie players breathing a sigh of relief.

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