Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
BUNKO
bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, hustle, sting, flimflam
(noun) a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
bunko (countable and uncountable, plural bunkos or bunkoes)
Alternative spelling of bunco
Verb
bunko (third-person singular simple present bunkos, present participle bunkoing, simple past and past participle bunkoed)
Alternative spelling of bunco
Anagrams
• konbu
Source: Wiktionary
Bun"ko, n. Etym: [Sf. Sp. banco bank, banca a sort of game at cards. Cf. Bank (in the commercial sense).]
Definition: A kind of swindling game or scheme, by means of cards or by a sham lottery. [Written also bunco.] Bunko steerer, a person employed as a decoy in bunko. [Slang, U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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