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It is in fact derived from Greek ἀδάμας, meaning indomitable. There was a further confusion about whether the substance referred to is diamond or lodestone. Buck: The use of "buck" to mean "dollar" did not originate from a practice of referring to African slaves as "bucks" (male deer) when trading. [52] "
Buck, a horse in the film Home on the Range (2004) Buck, a main character in the video game 187 Ride or Die (2005) Buck, Tuck Turtle's cousin in the animated television series Wonder Pets (2006–2013) Buck, a weasel in the animated film Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) Buck, Arlo's triplet sibling in the animated film The Good Dinosaur (2015)
In modern usage, the word "bronco" is seldom used for a "wild" or feral horse, because the modern rodeo bucking horse is a domestic animal.Some are specifically bred for bucking ability and raised for the rodeo, while others are spoiled riding horses who have learned to quickly and effectively throw off riders.
Buck Freeman (pitcher) (1896–1953), American MLB right-handed pitcher; Jerry Freeman (1879–1952), American MLB first baseman; Buck Jordan (1907–1993), American MLB player; Buck Leonard (1907–1997), American baseball player in the Negro leagues, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame; Buck Martinez (born 1948), American former MLB player ...
A buck is a cocktail that is made with ginger ale or ginger beer, citrus juice, and any of a number of base liquors. [1] Buck cocktails are sometimes called "mules" due to the popularity of a vodka buck that is known as a Moscow mule .
The origins of the name are unknown, though the earliest recorded use is 1725 as "Welsh rabbit", a jocular name as the dish contains no rabbit; the earliest documented use of "Welsh rarebit" is in 1781. Variants include English rabbit, Scotch rabbit, buck rabbit, golden buck, and blushing bunny.
Buck Angel (left, with The Post’s Rikki Schlott) lived as a lesbian woman for 30 years before transitioning to a male. “I really believe that Lia Thomas and all this ‘trans women are women ...
Buck passing, or passing the buck, or sometimes (playing) the blame game, is the act of attributing to another person or group one's own responsibility. It is often used to refer to a strategy in power politics whereby a state tries to get another state to deter or fight an aggressor state while it remains on the sidelines.