Where I live this is the most common terminology for the dollar, and tradition points to the Native Americans who would sometimes use deer or "buck" hide to trade with settlers.
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The word "buck" is short for "buck-skin" (from a deer). Buck-skin's were used as currency once upon a time.Also, a marker was used in the old west when playing poker to indicate who had the next deal, it was called the Buck. Later players used a silver dollar to do this, but it kept the name Buck.
That is the correct spelling of the noun "buck" meaning a male deer or elk, or the slang term for a dollar.
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Etymology Online says:"Meaning "dollar" is 1856, Amer.Eng., perhaps an abbreviation of buckskin, a unit of trade among Indians and Europeans in frontier days, attested in this sense from 1748.Pass the buck is first recorded in the lit. sense 1865, Amer.Eng.:The 'buck' is any inanimate object, usually knife or pencil, which is thrown into a jack pot and temporarily taken by the winner of the pot. Whenever the deal reaches the holder of the 'buck', a new jack pot must be made. [J.W. Keller, "Draw Poker," 1887]"
The word "dollar" originates from the German word "Taler," which referred to a large silver coin used in Europe during the 16th century.
Dollar could be: "Buck" or "green"
The word "buck" is short for "buck-skin" (from a deer). Buck-skin's were used as currency once upon a time.Also, a marker was used in the old west when playing poker to indicate who had the next deal, it was called the Buck. Later players used a silver dollar to do this, but it kept the name Buck.
A buck is a name for a dollar. So 1 dollar equals 1 buck.
Buck is a slang term for a US dollar so one buck is equal to one US dollar
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A buck is equivalent to a dollar.
A Buck. In the USA it is is also referred to as a Billy goat.
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No. A male pigeon is referred to as a cock.
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