bucked
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The musicians were playing "Rogues' March," to which the soldiers had adapted the following touching lines: "Poor old soldier, Poor old soldier, Bucked and gagged and sent to ——, Because he wouldn't soldier."
From In The Ranks From the Wilderness to Appomattox Court House by McBride, R. E.
"Bucked rockets on the old chemical burners as a kid before entering the Academy, eh?" asked Connel.
From Danger in Deep Space by Glanzman, Louis
Bucked and throwed me, but I kept my holt o' the stirrups with my foot—so!
From A Waif of the Plains by Harte, Bret
