Buck Housen.
humorous.
A name for: Buckingham Palace, the London residence of the Sovereign.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > dwelling of king or ruler > [noun] > specific
Versailles?1683
Tuileries1814
Buck House1922
1922 David, Earl Beatty Let. 28 Feb. in W. S. Chalmers Life & Lett. (1951) xvii. 390 A succession of very heavy solemn collections of functions at Buck House.
1954 J. B. Priestley Magicians i. 11 I'm told Karney plays with millions now. Pops up all over the place. Including Buck House for a Knighthood.
1962 R. Jeffries Exhibit No. 13 vi. 58 Come on in—the door's wide open and this isn't Buck House.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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