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Buncombe
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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or BUNKUM (from Buncombe county, North Carolina, United States), a term used for insincere political action or speaking to gain support or the favour of a constituency, and so any humbug or clap-trap. The phrase "to talk for (or to) Buncombe" arose in' 1820, during the debate on the Missouri Compromise in Congress; the member for the district containing Buncombe county confessed that his long and much interrupted speech was only made because his electors expected it, and that he was "speaking for Buncombe."
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Buncombe'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/buncombe.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Buncombe'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/buncombe.html. 1910.
