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Webster 1913 Edition


Buckling

Buc′kling

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Adj.
Wavy; curling, as hair.
Latham.

Definition 2024


Bückling

Bückling

See also: buckling

German

Bückling (etymology 1)

Noun

Bückling m (genitive Bücklings or Bücklinges, plural Bücklinge)

  1. red herring (smoke-cured herring)

Etymology 2

bücken + -ling, possibly with a humorous association with Bückling (etymology 1).

Noun

Bückling m (genitive Bücklings or Bücklinges, plural Bücklinge)

  1. bow
  2. (of a person) bootlicker; coward

Declension