bunco game
Example Sentences
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The men round the fire the night before in the cow-camp, the men of "the bunco game" had stacked cards and played trump; but unfortunately, they had jumbled the white-vested fighter's orders about the boy.
From The Freebooters of the Wilderness by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
Then there were the fools who took the organized bunco game seriously, honoring and respecting it.
From Burning Daylight by London, Jack
"Look here, Selwyn," he broke out, "do you like this bunco game?"
From The Rules of the Game by White, Stewart Edward
He generalized upon industry and society somewhat as follows:— Society, as organized, was a vast bunco game.
From Burning Daylight by London, Jack
"Seems to me like a bunco game," he muttered savagely.
From Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)
