" bunco "

 [ "bunco" ]

1: Also as "bunko".

  * e.g.,  ... In the old days, Sgt. Joe Friday and Officer Gannon on the TV show "Dragnet", working out of the bunko squad, would bust some scam artist for conning some little old ladies. 

 [ "bunco" ]

2: See "bunco squad".

 [ "bunco" ]

3: The original "bunco" was a dishonest gambling game. Can be used to imply deceit and fraud.

 [ "bunco" ]

1: A lame dice game that ladies use as an excuse for abandoning their families and drinking on a weeknight.

  * e.g.,  ... I'm sorry, honey, I can't cook or help with the kids' homework tonight; I am needed at the bunco party. 

 [ "bunco squad" ]

1: The bunco squad is those policemen who investigate confidence swindles. In use from the 40's through the 60's. Not usual among law enforcement today.

  * e.g.,  ... "The Bunko people are really carrying a needle for the Rube"--W.S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch 

 [ "bunco squad" ]

2: The original "bunco" was a dishonest gambling game. Perhaps a variant of banco, from Spanish banca, which is a card game similar to "monte".

  * e.g.,  ... Look... Here comes the bunco squad in their rice burner CRXs. 

 [ "bunco squad" ]

3: Eventually the word evolved to mean swindling or fraud of any sort).

 [ "bunco squad" ]

4: Now applied to various groups of poseurs who appear with their wack front.

 [ "Bunco Babes" ]

1: Classy, hot, young professionals that have made Bunco the new Bridge club.

  * e.g.,  ... The Bunco Babes are getting together for another Margarita Bunco game and are ready to make some noise! 

 [ "Bunco" ]

1: A lame dice game played by old women who have no life. Mainly used as an excuse to get drunk on Moscato.

  * e.g.,  ... Hey becky, the ex has the kids this weekend! Wanna get wild and party?!? Absolutely Beth! Ill get the girls and we can play Bunco!