单词 | buck's night |
释义 | > as lemmasbuck's night attributive and in the genitive. colloquial. Designating a group, activity, or event that is exclusively male; (now) spec. designating a party organized for a man who is about to get married, attended by his male friends and relations (frequently in buck's night, buck's party). Cf. stag n.1 Compounds 1c.Only in Australian use from the late 19th cent. ΚΠ 1838 J. C. Neal Charcoal Sketches 26 It's a buck party, if I may use the expression—a buck party entirely;—there's Mike Mitts, funny Joe Mungoozle—son of old Mungoozle's,—Tommy Titcomb, and myself. 1898 D. W. Carnegie Spinifex & Sand 24 We..had frequent sing-songs and ‘buck dances’—that is dances in which there were no ladies to take part. 1907 A. Searcy In Austral. Tropics 367 What grand ‘buck sprees’ we used to have there, to be sure; a lot of men together, pure fun and frolic. 1919 Home Trail 5 It was a buck party. 1980 S. Thorne I've met some Bloody Wags 94 We had a buck's party for him at Toby's woolshed, and during the night old Mick was skiting that he was as fit as any of us. 2014 P. Keogh My Hi-de-high Life 72 On the night before the wedding I had a small buck's night with the best man and a couple of other friends. < as lemmas |
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