buncombe — ozdic

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noun

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Alternative spelling of bunkum.

(1926) "There's a lot of sort of sentimental buncombe talked the Silver King": "The Theatre in Australia (Sydney)". The Triad : a journal devoted to literary, pictorial, musical and dramatic art. 11 (10): 58. 1 August 1926.

name

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A surname.

2

A village in Johnson County, Illinois, United States.

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noun — unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statemen

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(1926) "There's a lot of sort of sentimental buncombe talked the Silver King": "The Theatre in Australia (Sydney)". The Triad : a journal devoted to literary, pictorial, musical and dramatic art. 11 (

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