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bucketry

noun

Etymology

From bucket + -ry.

  1. derived from *būkaz✻
  2. derived from *būk✻ — “belly, stomach”
  3. derived from *būcus✻
  4. derived from buc — “abdomen; object with a cavity”
  5. derived from buket
  6. derived from bucc
  7. inherited from buket
  8. suffixed as bucketry — “bucket + ry”

Definitions

  1. Buckets and similar objects, taken collectively.

    • Shooks and buckets were once the most famous work of Hingham. We had believed that the Hingham bucket was as obsolete as the Eohippus. The day of bucketry has dawned again, and buckets, churns, piggins, tubs were exhibited.
    • He found his way into home decorating, and there he discovered a small tower of black rubber pails. […] Satisfied—or as satisfied as a non-expert in bucketry could be—Faustino bought the thing.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA