bonce

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bonce

  • /bɒns/

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Related to bonzer.

noun bonces

  1. dated A large marble of grey stone used in various games, such as bonce about, bonce-eye, and French bonce. Bonces, or very large stone marbles, made chiefly in Holland.
  2. dated A marble game played with bonces. Bonce is played with very large marbles. One boy pitches his bonce, and another tries to strike it, each throwing by turns: if the bonce be struck, its owner pays a forfeit of one or more marbles, as agreed on.
  3. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang The human head. Bonce (various), the head, called also "crust, chump." From bonce, a marble of larger size than ordinary, used by boys.

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