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Definitions for bunco
ˈbʌŋ koʊbun·co
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Princeton's WordNet
bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflamverb
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, converb
deprive of by deceit
"He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
Wiktionary
bunconoun
A swindle or confidence trick.
bunconoun
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.
buncoverb
To swindle (someone).
Etymology: Reportedly from banca, a card game.
Wikipedia
Bunco
Bunco (also spelled bunko or bonko) is a dice game generally played with twelve or more players, divided into groups of four, trying to score points while taking turns rolling three dice in a series of six rounds. A bunco is achieved when a person rolls three-of-a-kind and all three numbers match the round number.
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Bunco
Bunco is a parlour game played in teams with three dice.
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
BUNCO
The art of disseminating knowledge in the rural districts.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bunco in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bunco in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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