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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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BUCKIE, n.⁷ See quot.Per. 1830 Perthshire Adv. (18 March):
I do not know of any Dancing Schools that are kept open after 10 o'clock, unless, indeed, he alludes to those Dancings, known by the name of Buckies, — meetings of such a nature, that no young man, that regards his character, would attend.

[? Cf. Buckie-ruff.]