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Etymology 1
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Noun
bonce (plural bonces)
- (UK, Ireland, New Zealand, slang) The human head.
- 2010, Skins, Season 4 Episode 8, "Everyone".
- Cook: I don't think you know what I am, mate. ... I'm a fucking waste of space. I'm just a stupid kid. I got no sense. A criminal. I'm no fucking use, me. I am nothing. So, please... please... get it into, you know, into your bonce... that you killed my friend. And... I'm Cook. I'M COOK!
Etymology 2
Noun
bonce (plural bonces)
- (dated) The kind of marble used in the game of bonce about.
1863, The Boy's Handy Book of Sports, Pastimes, Games and Amusements, Part I, page 22:BONCE ABOUT is played with a big kind of marbles, called “bonces.” … The first player puts down his bonce, […]