bunco-steerer en · NOUN
Meanings
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(US, slang) A swindler; a cheat or con-man.
Reef need act as no more than bunco-steerer, all the research chores and assumptions of risk to be borne by Archie as principal party
2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 404:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bunco-steerers | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| bunko-steerer | alternative | lexicographic |