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  • 31buck — Slang for one million dollars. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. buck buck 1 [bʌk] noun [countable] informal FINANCE a dollar: • I owe 500 bucks but I haven t paid yet. • I hope th …

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  • 32buck — [[t]bʌ̱k[/t]] bucks, bucking, bucked 1) N COUNT A buck is a US or Australian dollar. [INFORMAL] That would probably cost you about fifty bucks... Why can t you spend a few bucks on a coat?... This means big bucks for someone. Syn: dollar 2) N… …

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  • 33Buck Hill — Roger „Buck“ Hill (* 13. Februar 1928 in Washington, D.C.) ist ein US amerikanischer Jazz Tenorsaxophonist. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Biographie 2 Diskographische Hinweise 3 Literatur …

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  • 34buck — buck1 [ bʌk ] noun count ** 1. ) AMERICAN INFORMAL a dollar: You can get the batteries for a few bucks at any drugstore. 2. ) bucks plural AMERICAN INFORMAL money: More and more bucks are being spent to achieve exactly the same ends. big bucks… …

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  • 35buck — 1 noun (C) 1 MONEY AmE, AustE informal a dollar: He owes me ten bucks. | big bucks (=a lot of money) | make a fast buck (=make some money quickly, often dishonestly) 2 pass the buck to try to blame someone else or make them responsible for… …

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  • 36buck — I. /bʌk / (say buk) noun 1. the male of the deer or antelope. 2. the male of certain other animals, as the rabbit or hare, kangaroo, etc. 3. a young man viewed as a sexual animal; stud: the young bucks were roaming the town. 4. Obsolete a fop;… …

  • 37buck — I [[t]bʌk[/t]] n. 1) zool. the male of the deer, antelope, rabbit, hare, sheep, goat, and certain other animals 2) clo buckskin 1), buckskin 2) 3) clo a casual oxford shoe made of buckskin, often in white or a neutral color 4) older use an… …

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  • 38buck — buck1 noun 1》 the male of some animals, especially deer and antelopes.     ↘S. African an antelope (of either sex). 2》 a vertical jump performed by a horse, with the head lowered, back arched, and back legs thrown out behind. 3》 archaic a… …

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  • 39buck — I. noun (plural bucks) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bucca stag, he goat; akin to Old High German boc he goat, Middle Irish bocc Date: before 12th century 1. or plural buck a male animal; especially a male deer or antelope 2. a …

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  • 40Buck Hill — Roger Buck Hill (b. February 13, 1927, Washington, D.C.) is an American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist.Hill began playing professionally in 1943 but held a day job as a mailman in his birthplace of Washington, D.C. for over thirty years. He… …

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