buckoes

Variant of bucko

bucko definition

bucko (buk′ō′)

noun pl. buckoes -·oes

  1. Naut., Slang a blustering or swaggering fellow; bully
  2. a young man; fellow: an Irishism often used in familiar address

Etymology: < buck

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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