(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.
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Buncombe
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