Obs. [f. BUCK sb.1 + -ISM.] The practice of a ‘buck’ or dandy.
1753. Scots Mag., May, 241/1. Two gentlemen of great quality, professors of Buckism.
1798. Morton, Secrets Worth Knowing, III. ii. (L.). I was once a delightful auctioneer—my present trade is buckism.
1804. Miniature (1806), No. 22, II. 11. I shall propose that the authority of the College should be extended so far as to grant licenses to all professors of buckism.
