The Buck
- Posted by mgr on August 14th, 2008 filed in BIBLIOTHEK, Dandy-Typen, Definitionen, KULTURELLES
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A BUCK OF THE FIRST HEAD. One who in debauchery surpasses the rest of his companions, a blood or choice spirit. There are in London divers lodges or societies of Bucks, formed in imitation of the Free Masons: one was held at the Rose, in Monkwell-street, about the year 1705. The president is styled the Grand Buck. A buck sometimes signifies a cuckold.
Quoted from: Francis Grose, Hewson Clarke, George Cruikshank: Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence. London: Chappel, 1811.
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