Meaning of 'Bucks | Babel Free

Definitions

Clipping of Starbucks.

abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang

Examples

“The restaurant next door to ’Bucks had more security than the Democratic National Convention. […] This was Java Lounge at ’Bucks; ’Bucks meaning Starbucks, the one in Ladera, an area filled with fast food joints, strip⟳ malls, and car dealerships; […]”

“One youth pastor described it to me this way: “I wouldn’t go to the drycleaners because I have⟳ an iron⟳ at home. But my [senior] pastor would make⟳ a ton of Folgers at the office, but won’t go to Starbucks. . . but I would go to ‘Bucks for the environment.””

“I suppose⟳ the last⟳ thing someone in my nervous state needed was caffeine, but that didn’t stop⟳ me from hitting the ’Bucks with Madison and Paige before school the next morning for a soothing Chai latte.”

“There was ’bucks, the coffee-centered franchise intent on conquering the world.”

“When I enter⟳ the doors at ’Bucks this morning, my favorite barista Johnnie greets me with, “Hola, Mamá.””

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