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Meaning of buckhorse | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A smart blow or box on the ear.

UK, obsolete, slang

Examples

“[…] the hands of the same exalted young lady being also well calculated to give any man such a 'buckhorse' as would have sent him whirling round the presence-chamber […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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