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noun
A strong wagon with a frame over the wheels used for hauling goods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Africa
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noun
A buckboard; a wagon for personal transport as well as transporting goods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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History
From Afrikaans bok (“buck; goat”) and English wagon. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests a possible derivation from Middle English bouk (“belly”) or Old English buc (“buck; deer”).
