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[ buhng-koh ] / ˈbʌŋ koʊ / Informal.SEE SYNONYMS FOR bunco ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, verb, plural bun·cos,bun·coed, bun·co·ing.Words nearby buncobunch grass, bunching onion, bunch light, bunch pink, bunchy, bunco, buncombe, bund, Bundaberg, Bundelkhand, Bundesrat Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for buncoMORE ---------- Ron Paul: Still a Bunco Artist By David Frum It's sad and squalid that Ron Paul finished ahead of Jon Huntsman. Daily Beast Writers Weigh In on Mitt Romney’s New Hampshire Primary Victory||January 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST Me mean noting,” said Bunco, still chuckling prodigiously; “but it am most glorus fun for fright de bowld Irishesman. Lost in the Forest|R.M. Ballantyne For instance,—on one occasion, Larry and Bunco were deputed to fish for trout, while our hero and the trapper went after deer. Over the Rocky Mountains|R.M. Ballantyne You try to bunco me and now you conspire with an imbecile to humble me into the dust.
To this Larry objected a little at first, but he was finally prevailed on to give in, and Bunco went to work in his own fashion. Lost in the Forest|R.M. Ballantyne To which sentiment Bunco grinned hearty assent, as he unloaded and hobbled the pack-horses. Over the Rocky Mountains|R.M. Ballantyne
British Dictionary definitions for bunco
noun plural -cos or -kosa swindle, esp one by confidence tricksters verb -cos, -coing, -coed, -kos, -koing or -koedWord Origin for buncoC19: perhaps from Spanish banca bank (in gambling), from Italian banca bank 1 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 Words related to buncoinfidelity, betrayal, treason, crook, swindler, hustler, con man, con artist, chicanery, scam, trickery, fraud, deception, swindle, deceit, conspiracy, graft, complicity, pretend, delude |