Meanings
bunce1
- IrelandUKregionaluncountableA bonus; additional pay; money.
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”?
1959, Frank Clune, Murders on Maunga-tapu, page 10
present singular third person bunces · participle present buncing · participle past bunced · past bunced
- archaicslangtransitiveTo 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
Bunce2
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Costermonger jargon bunts, perhaps from bonus.
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bunce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bunce
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