bunco
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative forms
[edit] Etymology
Reportedly from Spanish banca, a card game.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
bunco (plural buncos)
- (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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[edit] Verb
bunco (third-person singular simple present buncos, present participle buncoing, simple past and past participle buncoed)
- (transitive, intransitive, US, slang) To swindle (someone).
