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bunco
(encz) | bunco,podvod n: Zdeněk Brož |
bunco
(gcide) | Bunko \Bun"ko\, n. [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.]
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Bunco
(gcide) | Bunco \Bun"co\, n.
see bunko. [Written also bunko.]
[PJC] Buncombe |
bunco
(wn) | bunco
n 1: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a
person to buy worthless property [syn: bunco, {bunco
game}, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick,
confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting,
flimflam]
v 1: deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my
inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted
her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little
change" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick,
nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct,
gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con] |
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Bunco
(gcide) | Bunko \Bun"ko\, n. [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.]
[1913 Webster]Bunco \Bun"co\, n.
see bunko. [Written also bunko.]
[PJC] Buncombe |
Buncombe
(gcide) | Buncombe \Bun"combe\, Bunkum \Bun"kum\, n. [Buncombe a county of
North Carolina.]
Speech-making for the gratification of constituents, or to
gain public applause; flattering talk for a selfish purpose;
anything said for mere show. [Cant or Slang, U.S.]
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All that flourish about right of search was bunkum --
all that brag about hanging your Canada sheriff was
bunkum . . . slavery speeches are all bunkum.
--Haliburton.
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To speak for Buncombe, to speak for mere show, or
popularly.
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Note: "The phrase originated near the close of the debate on
the famous `Missouri Question,' in the 16th Congress.
It was then used by Felix Walker -- a na["i]ve old
mountaineer, who resided at Waynesville, in Haywood,
the most western country of North Carolina, near the
border of the adjacent county of Buncombe, which formed
part of his district. The old man rose to speak, while
the house was impatiently calling for the `Question,'
and several members gathered round him, begging him to
desist. He persevered, however, for a while, declaring
that the people of his district expected it, and that
he was bound to `make a speech for Buncombe.'" --W.
Darlington.
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Obuncous
(gcide) | Obuncous \Ob*un"cous\, a. [L. obuncus; ob (see Ob-) + uncus
hooked.]
Hooked or crooked in an extreme degree. --Maunder.
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To speak for Buncombe
(gcide) | Buncombe \Bun"combe\, Bunkum \Bun"kum\, n. [Buncombe a county of
North Carolina.]
Speech-making for the gratification of constituents, or to
gain public applause; flattering talk for a selfish purpose;
anything said for mere show. [Cant or Slang, U.S.]
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All that flourish about right of search was bunkum --
all that brag about hanging your Canada sheriff was
bunkum . . . slavery speeches are all bunkum.
--Haliburton.
[1913 Webster]
To speak for Buncombe, to speak for mere show, or
popularly.
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Note: "The phrase originated near the close of the debate on
the famous `Missouri Question,' in the 16th Congress.
It was then used by Felix Walker -- a na["i]ve old
mountaineer, who resided at Waynesville, in Haywood,
the most western country of North Carolina, near the
border of the adjacent county of Buncombe, which formed
part of his district. The old man rose to speak, while
the house was impatiently calling for the `Question,'
and several members gathered round him, begging him to
desist. He persevered, however, for a while, declaring
that the people of his district expected it, and that
he was bound to `make a speech for Buncombe.'" --W.
Darlington.
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bunco game
(wn) | bunco game
n 1: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a
person to buy worthless property [syn: bunco, {bunco
game}, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick,
confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting,
flimflam] |
buncombe
(wn) | buncombe
n 1: unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false
statements) [syn: bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff,
rot, hogwash] |
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