bunco
Americannoun
plural
buncos, buncoed, buncoingnoun
verb
Etymology
Origin of bunco
C19: perhaps from Spanish banca bank (in gambling), from Italian banca bank 1
Example Sentences
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Traveling around in her golf cart, she plays bocce and bunco, takes birding walks and goes to tribute band concerts.
From New York Times
The community has bunco and poker clubs too, she said.
From Washington Post
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.
From Washington Post
I was later informed that each hostess does NOT have the right to set safety protocols for her own home while playing bunco.
From Washington Post
By nightfall, there was just one activity left on the agenda: a game of bunco.
From New York Times
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