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bunco

[ buhng-koh ]

noun

buncoed buncoingplural: buncos


bunco

/ ˈ²úÊŠÅ‹°ìəʊ /

noun

  1. a swindle, esp one by confidence tricksters
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to swindle; cheat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of bunco1

C19: perhaps from Spanish banca bank (in gambling), from Italian banca bank 1
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Traveling around in her golf cart, she plays bocce and bunco, takes birding walks and goes to tribute band concerts.

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The community has bunco and poker clubs too, she said.

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Place in the win column Frank Loesser’s priceless score and a big cast commandingly in tune with a vintage New York of bunco artists, chorus girls, soul savers and high rollers.

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I was later informed that each hostess does NOT have the right to set safety protocols for her own home while playing bunco.

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The game lasted more than an hour, until finally, with the clatter of the dice, there were cries of “bunco.â€

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