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Bunce

name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A bonus; additional pay; money. Ireland, UK, regional, uncountable

    "To steal a housewife's purse might mean that her children would have to go hungry; but what of that, if the flash young “dip” could gain admiration from his mates by boasting that he had “frisked a judy's cly and lifted a skinful of bunce”?"

  2. 2
    a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To obtain money from, by trickery. archaic, slang, transitive

    "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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Costermonger jargon bunts, perhaps from bonus.

Etymology 2

Costermonger jargon bunts, perhaps from bonus.

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