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TO RUN A BUCK

Specialty Definition: TO RUN A BUCK

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Slang in 1811

TO RUN A BUCK. To poll a bad vote at an election.--IRISH TERM. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: TO RUN A BUCK

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-c-k-n-o-r-t-u-u"

-2 letters: runabout.

-3 letters: backout, bunraku, burnout, courant, cutbank, outback, outbark, outburn, outrank, runback, turacou.

-4 letters: auburn, buckra, burton, cantor, carbon, carton, cobnut, contra, corban, cornua, craton, koruna, krubut, outran, outrun, rubato, rubout, runout, tabour, toucan, turaco, turban, uncork, uncurb, untack, untuck.

-5 letters: abort, about, acorn, actor, bacon, banco, baron, baton, boart, bourn, bract, brank, brant.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: TO RUN A BUCK


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F      52 55 4E      41      42 55 43 4B

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

            

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01010010 01010101 01001110 00100000 01000001 00100000 01000010 01010101 01000011 01001011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#82 &#85 &#78 &#32 &#65 &#32 &#66 &#85 &#67 &#75

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      0052 0055 004E      0041      0042 0055 0043 004B

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

54492525548235236553745

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