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  • There were, besides, some of the little shells that we call buckies; I think periwinkle is the English name.

    Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 Charles Herbert Sylvester

  • There were, besides, some of the little shells that we call buckies; I think periwinkle is the English name.

    The Ontario High School Reader A.E. Marty

  • There were, besides, some of the little shells that we call buckies; I think periwinkle is the English name.

    Kidnapped: The Adventures of David Balfour 1886

  • There were, besides, some of the little shells that we call buckies; I think periwinkle is the English name.

    Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

  • He didn't tell Blaze the gimmick went back to his grammar school days, when two buckies would start a fight by the meat-counter and a third would scoop the till while the owner was breaking it up.

    Blaze Bachman, Richard 2007

  • We must not forget to record, however, that amongst the vast number of shells we had turned over we found some of those lovely little shells known as "John o 'Groat's buckies," so highly prized by visitors.

    From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

  • Upon the sand by John Grot's house are found many small pleasant buckies and shells, beautified by diverse colours, which some use to put upon a string as beads, and account much of their rarity.

    From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

  • It’s been nearly four doll–dull–buckies just to fillz up mah car!

    Gas prices - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

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  • "more baby ducks" see bucky (from Aspendale Primary School, Melbourne)

    December 9, 2015