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bunce

US/ˈbʌns/ uncommon archaic slang uk

noun

1.

a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)

  • “the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line”
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Origin

Costermonger jargon bunts, perhaps from bonus.

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