buckey-wrack

noun

buck·​ey-wrack

ˈbəkē + ˌ-

: bladder wrack

Word History

Etymology

alteration of Scots boxie-wrack, from Scots boxie (diminutive of box) + wrack; from the form of the air capsules

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