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bucklish

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10 months ago chained_bear said:

Also buckly. Newfoundland English, said of ice, thin and liable to buckle or bend when stepped on; "rubber ice." Said of ice in a pond or a harbor that undulates when walked over.

Usage: "The ice is bucklish, not right safe."

From the Dictionary of Newfoundland English, 2nd ed., p. 71.

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