English word origin

Etymology of bucky

From buckshot.

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Source etymology 1

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noun

A gun.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From buckshot.

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Source etymology 2

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noun

Alternative form of Bucky (“a Potter-Bucky diaphragm”).

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Potter-Bucky diaphragm.

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Machine-source provenance

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