bunco-steerer

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Meaning · English

A swindler; a cheat or con-man.

Register: slang

Where it’s used: Used American English

Examples

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

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “bunco-steerer” mean?

A swindler; a cheat or con-man.

Is “bunco-steerer” formal or informal?

bunco-steerer is generally slang.