Why is shifting responsibility to someone else called 'passing the buck'?
In card games, it was once customary to pass an item, called a buck, from player to player
to indicate whose turn it was to deal.
If a player did not wish to assume the responsibility of dealing, he would 'pass the buck' to the next player.
Why?
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Whose face is on a buck?
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