| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | buck·board |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b k bôrd , -b rd |
| NOUN: | A four-wheeled open carriage with the seat or seats attached to a flexible board running between the front and rear axles. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Obsolete buck, body of a wagon (from Middle English bouk, belly, from Old English b c) + board.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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