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bancoing

bancoing is the present participle and gerund of banco.

Meaning of banco

Verb

banco (third-person singular simple present bancos, present participle bancoing, simple past and past participle bancoed)

  1. In baccarat or chemin de fer, to bet an amount equal to the entire bankroll currently being offered by the banker.
    • The then only hope, thought Bond, was to stamp on him now. Not to share the bank with the table, or to take some minor part of it, but to go the whole hog. This would really jolt Le Chiffre. He would hate to see more than ten or fifteen million of the stake covered, and he could not possibly expect...1953, Ian Fleming, “The Deadly Tube”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 86

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Questions about bancoing

What is bancoing the present participle and gerund of?
Bancoing is the present participle and gerund of banco.

Words near bancoing in the dictionary

  1. bancketting
  2. bancks
  3. banco
  4. Bancock
  5. bancoed
  6. bancoing
  7. bancor
  8. bancorporation
  9. bancorporations
  10. bancors
  11. bancos

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