Bunco is an English word with synonyms like con or swindle. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Bunco meaning
- A swindle or confidence trick.
- 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.
- A brigand.
Synonyms of Bunco
Using Bunco
- The main meaning on this page is: A swindle or confidence trick. | 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. | A brigand.
- Useful related words include: con, gyp, swindle, cheat.
- In the example corpus, bunco often appears in combinations such as: bunco for.
Context around Bunco
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bunco
- In this selection, "bunco" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, club stand out and add context to how "bunco" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include attending her bunco club and hosting a bunco for children. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bunco" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bunco
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
She was a card shark who loved playing cards with friends and family and found delight regularly attending her Bunco Club. (21 words)
Kappa Kappa Chapter of Kappa Delta Phi will be hosting a Bunco for Children’s Charities on Thursday, January 31 at 6 p.m. at Center Place, 619 Vonderburg Dr. in Brandon. (32 words)
Kappa Kappa Chapter of Kappa Delta Phi will be hosting a Bunco for Children’s Charities on Thursday, January 31 at 6 p.m. at Center Place, 619 Vonderburg Dr. in Brandon. (32 words)
She was a card shark who loved playing cards with friends and family and found delight regularly attending her Bunco Club. (21 words)
Example sentences (2)
She was a card shark who loved playing cards with friends and family and found delight regularly attending her Bunco Club.
Kappa Kappa Chapter of Kappa Delta Phi will be hosting a Bunco for Children’s Charities on Thursday, January 31 at 6 p.m. at Center Place, 619 Vonderburg Dr. in Brandon.
Common combinations with bunco
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: