bunco

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A swindle or confidence trick. US,countable,slang,uncountable
  2. 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. uncountable
  3. A brigand. countable,uncountable
    — When they fall into the hands of the Buncoes, they sometimes do; at others, they are merely robbed or held to ransom for a time and then released again.
动词 v.
  1. To swindle (someone). US,intransitive,slang,transitive
    — 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.

词形变化

buncos plural buncoes plural bunko alternative buncos present,singular,third-person buncoing participle,present buncoed participle,past buncoed past bunko alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
bunco artist bunco squad bunco-steerer

词源

词源 1
Reportedly from Spanish banca, a card game.
词源 2
Reportedly from Spanish banca, a card game.
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