bucket baby
n.— «“What is a Bucket Baby?” “A foal or calf or whatever that has not got a mother to nurse for whatever reason and it fed milk or milk replacer with a bucket instead of a bottle.”» —“Re: ’Bucket Baby’ Question” by JRDVMDIVER Usenet: rec.equestrian Aug. 22, 1997. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Aubrey in Waco, Texas, says her mother used to warn the kids against contracting honkus of the bonkus, a fanciful name for a contagious disease. This colloquial term probably comes from the words bonk and konk, meaning “to hit” or...
Lucy in Louisa, Virginia, recalls that if her mother was exasperated when the kids were misbehaving, she’d announce I’m going to put you both in a wet paper bag and see who falls out first! This is part of a complete episode.
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