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Buck is the nickname of the following people (for fictional characters, see Buck): Notable in multiple fields. Lynn Compton (1921–2012), lead prosecutor in Sirhan ...
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)
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" was originally short for "buckskin", as buckskins were used in trade. [53] Butterfly: The word "butterfly" did not originate from "flutterby".
Old Buck, from a shortening of his last name, used later in life. [66] Old Public Functionary, [67] used by Buchanan in his December 1859 State of the Union address and adopted by newspapers. [66] Ten-Cent Jimmy: derogatory, as a reaction to Buchanan's campaign statement that ten cents a day was decent pay for a worker. [68]
Slang terms for money often derive from the appearance and features of banknotes or coins, their values, historical associations or the units of currency concerned. Within a language community, some of the slang terms vary in social, ethnic, economic, and geographic strata but others have become the dominant way of referring to the currency and are regarded as mainstream, acceptable language ...
Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker Buck (June 26, 1892 – March 6, 1973) was an American writer and novelist. She is best known for The Good Earth, the best-selling novel in the United States in 1931 and 1932 and which won her the Pulitzer Prize in 1932.
Peter Buck (mayor) (died 1625), English mayor and naval official; Peter Henry Buck or Te Rangi Hīroa (1877–1951), New Zealand doctor, military leader, health administrator, politician, anthropologist and museum director; Tim Buck (1891–1973), long-time leader of the Communist Party of Canada; Tom Buck (1938–2020), American lawyer and ...
The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel by Jack London, published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character of the novel is a dog named Buck.