killbuck

See also: kill-buck

English

Etymology

kill +‎ buck

Noun

killbuck (plural killbucks)

(obsolete) A butcher.
(obsolete, figuratively) A violent person.

Related terms

killcalf, killcow

References

John S[tephen] Farmer; W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, compilers (1896) “killbuck”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume IV, [London: […] Harrison and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 106.

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