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Buckley

  • /ˈbʌkli/

Where it comes from

From Old English bucca (“he-goat”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to buck + -ley (“lea”).

proper noun Buckleys

  1. countable, uncountable A suburban area of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9015).
  2. countable, uncountable A town and community with a town council in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2864).
  3. countable, uncountable A locality in Surf Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia.
  4. countable, uncountable A village in Iroquois County, Illinois, United States.
  5. countable, uncountable A village in Wexford County, Michigan, United States.
  6. countable, uncountable A city in Pierce County, Washington, United States.
  7. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English. Chili’s has also enlisted several actors from “The Office” to star in the ads, including Melora Hardin (Jan Levinson), Andy Buckley (David Wallace), Brian Baumgartner (Kevin Malone) and Kate Flannery (Meredith Palmer).

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Closest in meaning: inconceivable, impossible, hopeless, futile, unlikely, improbable, unthinkable, preposterous, absurd, implausible, long-shot, vain, fruitless, doomed, far-fetched, pipe-dream

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"Buckley." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/buckley. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Buckley. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/buckley

Chicago

"Buckley." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/buckley.

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@misc{buckley_2026,
  title = {Buckley},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/buckley},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}