| Definition of 'Buncombe' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff, rot, hogwash
unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Buncombe
alt. of Bunkum
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| Definitions of 'Buncombe' |
The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Buncombe
a district in N. Carolina, for the ears of the constituency of which a dull speech was some years ago delivered in the U.S. Congress, whence the phrase to "talk Buncombe," i. e. to please one's constituency.
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