buckhorse

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noun

A smart blow or box on the ear.

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Meanings

nounbuckhorse (plural buckhorses)

plural buckhorses

  1. UKobsoleteslangA smart blow or box on the ear.

    […] the hands of the same exalted young lady being also well calculated to give any man such a 'buckhorse' as would have sent him whirling round the presence-chamber […]

    1870, George Musgrave Musgrave, A Ramble Into Brittany (volume 1, page 80)

Origin

After a celebrated "bruiser" of the same name, said to have allowed anybody to strike him on the side of the face for a small sum of money.

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APA

buckhorse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buckhorse

MLA

“buckhorse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buckhorse. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “buckhorse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buckhorse.

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