Bible Encyclopedias
Buncombe
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
A district in N. Carolina, for the ears of the constituency of which a dull speech was some years ago delivered in the U.S. Congress, whence the phrase to "talk Buncombe," i. e . to please one's constituency.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Buncombe'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/b/buncombe.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.