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单词 buckshee
释义

buckshee

/bʌkˈʃiː / /ˈbʌkʃiː /
adjective informal, chiefly British
Free of charge: a buckshee brandy...
  • Though Butch generally avoided alcohol he couldn't resist this buckshee booze, he drank a few bottles and loaded four crates into the back of the wagon for the lads
  • The trip across was fairly smooth & we arrived in London at 12.20 pm where I ate several buckshee sandwiches.
  • Journalists looked up from their buckshee Jacob's Creek and marketing men took their clammy hands from their secretaries' knees.

Origin

First World War (originally soldiers' slang): alteration of baksheesh.

Rhymes

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