killbuck

See also: kill-buck

English

Etymology

From kill +‎ buck.

Noun

killbuck (plural killbucks)

1. (obsolete) A butcher.
2. (obsolete, figuratively) A violent person.

Synonyms

• killcalf, killcow

References

• John S[tephen] Farmer; W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, compilers (1896) “killbuck”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume IV, [London: […] Harrison and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 106.