Bunco vs Banco - What's the difference?
bunco | banco |
(US, slang) A swindle or confidence trick.
A parlour game played in teams with three dice, originating in England but popular among suburban women in the United States at the beginning of the 21st century.
(transitive, intransitive, US, slang) To swindle (someone).
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a type of court involving a bench of judges. Quite often, the Banco Court is an appeals court. See also en banc.
(attributive) A bank, especially that of Venice; formerly used to indicate bank money, as distinguished from the current money when it has become depreciated.
As a noun bunco
is (us|slang) a swindle or confidence trick.As a verb bunco
is (transitive|intransitive|us|slang) to swindle (someone).As a proper noun banco is
banquo.bunco
English
Alternative forms
* bunkoNoun
(en noun)Derived terms
* bunco squad * bunco-steererVerb
(en verb)citation, genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=They felt very sorry (so they said) for the poor old eleventh company having been buncoed into taking such an awful pack of useless recruits. }}
banco
English
Adjective
Noun
- banco money