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- noun Australia, idiomatic, informal A supposed two chances (probabilities), being
Buckley's chance (meaning a very small chance) or no chance at all.
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Uncertain. Perhaps from Buckley's chance. Perhaps a pun on the Melbourne department store Buckley & Nunn.
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