Word origin
[1815–25; perh. ult. ‹ Kamilaroi
dimba (meaning unknown), altered by assoc. with
buck1; borrowed into Australian Pidgin E and thence into other Aboriginal languages
]This word is first recorded in the period 1815–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: aggressive, artifact, heuristic, reamer, welterweight