bun ‧ kum /ˈbʌŋkəm/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
[ Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: Buncombe county in North Carolina, whose congressman in 1820 made a long pointless speech to impress the voters there ]
↑ bunk
bun ‧ kum /ˈbʌŋkəm/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
[ Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: Buncombe county in North Carolina, whose congressman in 1820 made a long pointless speech to impress the voters there ]
↑ bunk
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012