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bunced

bunced is the simple past and past participle of bunce.

Meaning of bunce

Verb

bunce (third-person singular simple present bunces, present participle buncing, simple past and past participle bunced)

  1. (archaic, slang, transitive) To obtain money from, by trickery.
    • In brief, you gentlemen who have been contributing to Charles Davis' salary have been bunced cleverly — if not cleverly, then completely. He has done less for more money than any other employe^([sic]) in the city.1832, Records and Briefs of the United States Supreme Court, page 141

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Questions about bunced

What is bunced the simple past and past participle of?
Bunced is the simple past and past participle of bunce.

Words near bunced in the dictionary

  1. Bunburies
  2. Bunbury
  3. Bunburying
  4. Bunburyist
  5. bunce
  6. bunced
  7. bunces
  8. bunch
  9. bunch grass
  10. bunch grasses
  11. bunch in

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