Bonce

//bɒns// noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A large marble of grey stone used in various games, such as bonce about, bonce-eye, and French bonce. dated

    "Bonces, or very large stone marbles, made chiefly in Holland."

  2. 2
    informal terms for a human head wordnet
  3. 3
    A marble game played with bonces. dated

    "Bonce is played with very large marbles. One boy pitches his bonce, and another tries to strike it, each throwing by turns: if the bonce be struck, its owner pays a forfeit of one or more marbles, as agreed on."

  4. 4
    The human head. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang

    "Bonce (various), the head, called also "crust, chump." From bonce, a marble of larger size than ordinary, used by boys."

Etymology

Related to bonzer.

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