killbuck
See also: kill-buck
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editkillbuck (plural killbucks)
- (obsolete) A butcher.
- (obsolete, figuratively) A violent person.
Related terms
editReferences
edit- 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.