buck n.8
(Irish) tuberculosis.
![[Ire]](/static/img/flags/ire.png "Ireland") | (ref. to 1940s) Death of an Irish Town 68: ‘Galloping consumption’ was the fear of those 1940 days: when you heard someone had ‘the buck’ it seemed almost a death sentence. |
(Irish) tuberculosis.
| (ref. to 1940s) Death of an Irish Town 68: ‘Galloping consumption’ was the fear of those 1940 days: when you heard someone had ‘the buck’ it seemed almost a death sentence. |