buccan.
dialect.
1. A bogle; applied inter alia to the subterranean spirits supposed to frequent tin-mines (see Philos. Trans. Royal Soc. vol. I.).
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1865 R. Hunt Pop. Romances W. Eng. 1st Ser. 67 The Buccas or knockers—These are the sprites of the mines, and correspond to the Kobals of the German mines.
1880 West Cornwall Gloss. 7 A bug-bear; a black bucca.
2. A stupid person.
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1880 West Cornwall Gloss. 7 Newlyn buccas, strong as oak, Knocking 'em down at every poke.
Compounds
bucca-boo n. = main sense 1
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1880 West Cornwall Gloss. 7 Bucca-boo, a ghost; a bug-bear.
bucca-gwidden n. = main sense 2
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1880 West Cornwall Gloss. 7 Bucca-gwidden, a precocious child; a simple innocent; an insane person.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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