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bunko
[ buhng-koh ]
noun
- a swindle in which a person is cheated at gambling, persuaded to buy a nonexistent, unsalable, or worthless object, or otherwise victimized.
- any misrepresentation.
verb (used with object)
- to victimize by a bunko.
bunko
/ ˈbʌŋkəʊ /
noun
- a variant spelling of bunco
Example Sentences
They had got my parents doing things like taking bus trips to factory outlets and playing a dice game called “bunko” and hanging around the piano bar at the Ramada Inn.
Kathy joined a neighborhood group to play bunko, a social dice game favored by Alpharetta women, many of whom think of it as an excuse to get together and have a few glasses of wine.
Neighbors knew her from the monthly gathering of women who rotated between homes for games of the dice game bunko.
Then I don’t care to bunko anybody, and unless my arm comes back I won’t be worth the money the Feds have offered for my services.
Past experience—you need but one—had prepared me for this "bunko" fruit; but my friend would not believe me, one day in early October—he must taste for himself.
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