buck?

[Laurence Horn]

At 2:57 PM -0400 10/25/10, Jesse Sheidlower wrote:
>It is covered in HDAS, s.v. _buck_ n. sense 2.e.
>
>Jesse Sheidlower
>OED

And here in an earlier thread (with many examples 
from athletes weighing or batting a buck 
seventy-five).

But on a different topic, nobody has mentioned 
the elegant little biography of Sol Steinmetz 
from today's Times.  It's by Margalit Fox, former 
linguistics student who has excelled at other 
ling obits in the past; I remember her piece on 
Jim McCawley fondly.  (Nice quote from Jesse at 
the end on this one.)

LH

>On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 08:43:53PM +0200, Paul Frank wrote:
>>  Thanks Jesse! I'd heard "buck" meaning a hundred miles (an hour) but
>>  not a hundred pounds.
>>
>  > Paul
>>
>  >
>  > On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 8:27 PM, Jesse Sheidlower <jester at panix.com> wrote:
>  >
>>  > '100 pounds' (of body weight).
>>  >
>>  > Jesse Sheidlower
>>  > OED
>>  >
>>  > On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 08:14:45PM +0200, Paul Frank wrote:
>>  >> Forgive my ignorance, but what does "buck" mean here? It's from Mr.
>>  >> and Mrs. Smith with Pitt and Jolie:
>>  >>
>>  >> 423
>>  >> 00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:04,880
>>  >> - You ever been I.D.'d on a hit?
>>  >> - Not that I'm aware of, no.
>>  >>
>>  >> 424
>>  >> 00:38:04,982 --> 00:38:07,177
>>  >> - Right. I think I'm in trouble.
>>  >> - You get a look at 'im?
>>  >>
>>  >> 425
>>  >> 00:38:08,252 --> 00:38:10,914
>>  >> Little thing.
>>  >> Buck 10, buck 15 tops.
>>  >>
>>  >> 
>><http://divxtitles.com/subtitles/122040/English/Mr_And_Mrs_Smith__2005__UNRATED__DVDRip__XviD-FRAGMENT/1>
>>  >>
>>  >> Paul
>>  >>
>>  >> Paul Frank
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