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

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

I do not know anything excepting that I have addressed several bunko parties attended by ladies exclusively.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

You are a sort of capper for a gum bunko game, eh?

From Peck's Uncle Ike and The Red Headed Boy 1899 by Peck, George W. (George Wilbur)