buchon

Then I imitated the mode, sound, and gesture of a corkscrew entering a cork, and an old man next to me said '_Tira-buchon' -- _a common French word as familiar as the woods of

The Path to Rome Hilaire Belloc 1911

As I rose to go out of Tizzano Val Parmense my guide said to me, _'Se chiama Tira-Buchon perche E 'lira il buchon'_ And I said to him,

The Path to Rome Hilaire Belloc 1911

When young he does, indeed, sometimes play at buchon -- a game something similar to the game of buttons, as played by English street boys.

The Young Franc Tireurs And Their Adventures in the Franco-Prussian War F. T. [Illustrator] Young 1867