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Buncombe

name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A village in Johnson County, Illinois, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of bunkum. alt-of, alternative, archaic, uncountable

    "(1926) "There's a lot of sort of sentimental buncombe talked the Silver King": "The Theatre in Australia (Sydney)". The Triad : a journal devoted to literary, pictorial, musical and dramatic art. 11 (10): 58. 1 August 1926."

  2. 2
    unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) wordnet

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