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buncing

buncing is the present participle and gerund 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 buncing

What is buncing the present participle and gerund of?
Buncing is the present participle and gerund of bunce.

Words near buncing in the dictionary

  1. bunchlet
  2. bunchlets
  3. Bunchrew
  4. bunchy
  5. bunchy top
  6. buncing
  7. bunco
  8. bunco-steerer
  9. bunco-steerers
  10. buncoed
  11. buncoes

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