Talk:buckling

RFV discussion

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Any takers? In the OED it is a smoked herring. SemperBlotto 07:16, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Well, I can add the other noun and the verb sense at least. The "young buck" sense sounds reasonable, but doesn't show up in a search of Wikisource. --EncycloPetey 20:46, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Now cited and RFV passed. —Ruakh_TALK 04:02, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

• Semperblotto, you were on a right track, and I happened to be on it too, so I've just entered this third stem, sourced (in Dutch, though; as many things regarding fishery and navigation a Dutch root for English is not implausible), mark the etymological and semantic links with the he-goat, all from quoted sources Fastifex 12:47, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

  Awesome, thanks! :-) —Ruakh_TALK 15:15, 7 November 2007 (UTC)