Sekirov Dictionary

bunco

/ˈbʌŋkəʊ/

noun 3
verb 1
forms 4

noun3

(US, slang) A swindle or confidence trick.
A parlour game played in teams with three dice, originating in England but popular among suburban women in the United States at the beginning of the 21st century.
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A brigand.
- When they fall into the hands of the Buncoes, they sometimes do; at others, they are merely robbed or held to ransom for a time and then released again. — 1891

verb1

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(US, slang) To swindle (someone).
- They felt very sorry (so they said) for the poor old eleventh company having been buncoed into taking such an awful pack of useless recruits. — 1910

forms

buncoed · buncoing · buncos · buncoes

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