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☆ bun·combe (buŋ′kəm)

noun

bunkum

Etymology: after Buncombe county, N.C.: the representative to Congress (1819-21) from the district including this county felt bound to “make a speech for Buncombe”

Buncombe Quotes

A Parliament speaking through reporters to Buncombe and the twenty-seven millions mostly fools.

—Carlyle,Thomas

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