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Definition: TO SPEAK FOR BUNCOMBE |
TO SPEAK FOR BUNCOMBE1. To speak for mere show, or popularly. Note: ``The phrase originated near the close of the debate on the famous `Missouri Question,' in the 16th Congress. It was then used by Felix Walker -- a na["i]ve old mountaineer, who resided at Waynesville, in Haywood, the most western country of North Carolina, near the border of the adjacent county of Buncombe, which formed part of his district. The old man rose to speak, while the house was impatiently calling for the `Question,' and several members gathered round him, begging him to desist. He preserved, however, for a while, declaring that the people of his district expected it, and that he was bound to `make a speech for Buncombe.''' --W. Darlington. |
Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-b-c-e-e-f-k-m-n-o-o-o-p-r-s-t-u" | |
-4 letters: cotemporaneous. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 4F 53 50 45 41 4B 46 4F 52 42 55 4E 43 4F 4D 42 45 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01001111 00100000 01010011 01010000 01000101 01000001 01001011 00100000 01000110 01001111 01010010 00100000 01000010 01010101 01001110 01000011 01001111 01001101 01000010 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T O   S P E A K   F O R   B U N C O M B E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 004F 0053 0050 0045 0041 004B 0046 004F 0052 0042 0055 004E 0043 004F 004D 0042 0045 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)544925350393545240495223655483749473639 |
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