buck's night

buck's night (plural buck's nights)

1. (Australia) A party held for a man who is about to be married.
   • 1994, Amanda Midlam, Muriel's Wedding, Penguin, →ISBN, page 1:

     The bride's mother fanned her perspiring face with a serviette and the best man, who had been drinking solidly since the buck's night, threw up noisily behind a clump of lantana in the backyard.

   • 2006, Murray Engleheart, AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll: The Ultimate Story of the World's Greatest Rock-and-Roll Band, Harper Entertainment, published 2008, →ISBN, page 257:

     Fort Arnott, it was a big week. He was soon to be married and a buck's night was held in his honour.

   • 2011, Mark A. Bruhwiller, From Seven Hills to the Seven Seas: A Memoir of a Boy Adrift, Balboa Press, →ISBN, page 102:

     My best man, Joe, had to be held up by his wife during the ceremony because he was still smashed after our buck's night the evening before.

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• See also Thesaurus:bachelor party.