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buncoing

Variant of bunco

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noun pl. buncos

Informal a swindle, esp. at a card game or lottery; confidence game

Origin: c. 1875 < Sp banca, card game < It, bank

transitive verb buncoed, buncoing

Informal to swindle; cheat

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