bunko
Americannoun
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a swindle in which a person is cheated at gambling, persuaded to buy a nonexistent, unsalable, or worthless object, or otherwise victimized.
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any misrepresentation.
verb (used with object)
noun
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Etymology
Origin of bunko
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Neighbors knew her from the monthly gathering of women who rotated between homes for games of the dice game bunko.
From Time ● Dec. 17, 2012
Johnny sniffs the scent of a bunko artist at work as soon as the good little girl donates .all her cash to a mission house.
From Time Magazine Archive
Originally a Victorian parlor game, bunco made its way to the U.S. in the mid-1850s as a gambling game known first as "banco" and later as "bunco" or "bunko."
From Time Magazine Archive
Then an incessantly self-admiring bunko artist figured out Laura's canny fraud and threatened to expose her unless she let him become Steele, with appropriate office space and elaborate perks.
From Time Magazine Archive
After he'd finished the day's work he'd put on a suit o' dark duds, a white collar, a watch on his wrist, an' all that bunko.
From Malcolm Sage, Detective by Jenkins, Herbert George
If they 15 promised that, they sure bunkoed themselves.
From In the Shadow of the Hills by Shedd, George C. (George Clifford)
I hope I'm a good loser as far as the money goes, but I hate to be bunkoed.
From Fore! by Loan, Charles Emmett Van
“Besides,” Burd Alling said in comment on this, “for a good cause we are all ready and willing to be bunkoed a little.”
From The Campfire Girls of Roselawn Or, a Strange Message from the Air by Penrose, Margaret
“So you’re the party who bunkoed Lefty, are you?”
From Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager by Standish, Burt L.
"Well, I'll be bunkoed," said Uncle Ike, as he began to pull the sweater off over his head.
From Peck's Uncle Ike and The Red Headed Boy 1899 by Peck, George W. (George Wilbur)
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