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buncombe

/buhng-kuhm/US // ˈbʌŋ kəm //UK // (ˈbʌŋkəm) //

邦科姆,邦科姆公司,邦科姆人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a less common variant of bunkum.

Examples

  • The penny Press, by way of doing honour to their new ruler, boldly fixed the numbers at 40,000—that was their bit of Buncombe.

  • Mr. Houston is a gentleman, and the Buncombe property has been for ever so many hundreds of years in the family.

  • They for the most part avoid buncombe, which would be difficult to translate into Acts of Parliament.

  • Buncombe, more usually bunkum, is the name of a county in North Carolina.

  • I was sorry afterwards that I had spoken of the majesty of the Assembly's wisdom, because it savoured of buncombe.