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Bunko

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A kind of swindling game or scheme, by means of cards or by a sham lottery.

(2):

(v. t.) To swindle by a bunko game or scheme; to cheat or victimize in any similar way, as by a confidence game, passing a bad check, etc.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bunko'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/bunko.html. 1828.