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Buncombe--Talking to Buncombe
Record #:
35148
Author(s):
New York Plebeian Newspaper
Abstract:
The origin story of the phrase “talking to Buncombe,” which means to simply speak for show.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6),
Vol. 5 Issue 2, Dec 1957
,
p
23
Subject(s):
Sayings and phrases