zambuck

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zambuck (plural zambucks)

  1. Alternative spelling of zambuk
    • 2005, Trevor L. White, chapter 6, in Death at the Post, : Xlibris, published 2012, →ISBN, page 67:
      When I came past the accident scene I couldn't believe it—the driver was walking around, though he was breathing a little huskily. As the ambulance by that time had arrived I told one of the zambucks.
    • 2007, Michael O’Sullivan, “Another Sunday Morning”, in Easter at Tobruk, : ReadHowYouWant, published 2008, →ISBN, part 2, page 59:
      ‘You’re still bleeding from that wound on the head. Tiger’ll put a dressing on it.’ / ‘Aw, call the Zambuck,’ he protested. / [] / ‘Zambuck’s the first aid man at the footy—you know, St John’s Ambulance. They’re called that ’cause of the ointment they carry.’
    • 2010, Alix Bosco [pseudonym; Greg McGee], chapter 47, in Slaughter Falls, : ReadHowYouWant, →ISBN, pages 414–415:
      We better tell them the shooting is over, otherwise the cops won't let the zambucks come up to get Cathy.