† buckonen.
Obsolete.
A mouthful, morsel.
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1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. viii. ix. 1340 The Diet of the Turkes is..sometimes rosted Buckones, (that is, small bits or morsels of flesh).
1629 J. Smith True Trav. xiii. 24 The Tymor..fed upon Pillaw..with little bits of mutton or Buckones.
1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα 673 Having purchased a good buccoon, and craving for more.
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