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Webster 1913 Edition


Bunko

Bun′ko

,
Noun.
[Sf. Sp.
banco
bank,
banca
a sort of game at cards. Cf.
Bank
(in the commercial sense).]
A kind of swindling game or scheme, originally by means of cards or by a sham lottery, but now used for any swindling tactic.
[Written also
bunco
.]
Bunko steerer
,
a person employed as a decoy in bunko.
[Slang, U.S.]

Definition 2024


bunkō

bunkō

See also: bunko

Japanese

Romanization

bunkō

  1. rōmaji reading of ぶんこう