bucks

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They're reading the names now, and the bucks are assembling Outside a strange scene was being enacted.

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  1. noun The adult male of some animals, such as the deer, antelope, or rabbit.
  2. noun Antelope considered as a group: a herd of buck.
  3. noun A robust or high-spirited young man.

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  • Its value at the moment is about twenty-nine bucks, which is what I paid for it. —  UglyAmericans
  • Oribe has come up with the ultimate way to look like a million bucks -- literally? —  Stylehive Blog
  • Seven bucks is a bit steep for pasta topped with hulled grains, but it buys a deep bowl of comfort here.
  • I had signed up, sent in my twenty bucks -- the Narragansett Lions Club runs the Pier Plunge to raise money for the Jonnycake Center (a charity that runs a food pantry, etc.) and other Lions Club supported charities —  Holidailies 2008
  • In this day and age with computers costing as cheap as $300 bucks, and with the economy, Apple's prices do not help them. —  digg.com: Stories / Popular
 

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