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
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
To date, the efforts by police bunko squads and civic associations to clean up the repair industry have resulted in licensing laws for various types of servicemen in several states.
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
Past experience—you need but one—had prepared me for this "bunko" fruit; but my friend would not believe me, one day in early October—he must taste for himself.
From Getting Acquainted with the Trees by J. Horace (John Horace) McFarland
“So you’re the party who bunkoed Lefty, are you?”
From Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager by Burt L. Standish
"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 George W. (George Wilbur) Peck
If they 15 promised that, they sure bunkoed themselves.
From In the Shadow of the Hills by George C. (George Clifford) Shedd
“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 Margaret Penrose
I hope I'm a good loser as far as the money goes, but I hate to be bunkoed.
From Fore! by Charles Emmett Van Loan
