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Bucks

proper nounproper nounproper nouncommon in dialogue

A surname from German.

proper noun

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    Variant of BuckinghamshireAbbreviation of Buckinghamshire (in postal addresses).

proper noun

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    A surname from German.

Etymology

Probably an altered spelling of German Buchs or a patronymic form of Buck.

proper noun

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    Variant of 'BucksAlternative form of 'Bucks (“Starbucks”).

    As cliché as it might seem, Starbucks is one of my favorite places to strike up conversations with random strangers. (Why do you think this book is called The Coffeehouse Gospel?) I’ve met some of the most interesting people while sitting, reading, writing, and drinking at “Bucks.”

    Student baristas quit for school–year, desperate folk / No experience, so two weeks’ training at Bucks / no pay / Ten eight-hour shifts, odd hours / odd days / trying to stay out of / everyone’s way / Carle Place, I know

    You want me to grab you coffee? I was going to stop at Bucks since it’s a treat day for us.

Forms

plural
Buckses
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).