Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large marble for playing with.
- noun A game played with such marbles.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A boy's game played with large marbles.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun British slang the
human head - noun dated A
boys 'game played with largemarbles .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun informal terms for a human head
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Examples
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They may, but they may equally take into consideration the previous of a man whose formative years were spent "defending himself" in an era when punches on the bonce were a dime a dozen.
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And Foley's production piles on the sight gags: chairs and tables spin across the stage every time a train passes, the robbery is re-created by miniaturised cars colliding on a vertical wall, and, when the thieves fall out, a trick-knife is embedded in the boxer's bonce, and the pill-popper is apparently run through with a non-musical stave.
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And if that means having to forego Peter Gabriel's orchestral albums, or to somehow avoid shelling out £279.99 for a pair of giant white headphones that make it look like you're wearing the back end of a Sinclair C5 on your bonce, then so be it.
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Weeee, that flying fish innard hit Cotton right on the bonce.
I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here 2011: launch night liveblog
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There's probably some link from here back to Andy Carroll, but sadly I've taken too many bouncers to the bonce down the years to fathom what it is.
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Vladimir Putin today angrily dismissed protests against his regime as "provocations" and said anyone who took part in unsanctioned street rallies against the Kremlin should expect a "whack on the bonce".
Vladimir Putin says 'unsanctioned' protesters can expect police brutality
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Go to a rally without permission and you get a whack on the bonce.
Vladimir Putin says 'unsanctioned' protesters can expect police brutality
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Swann appeals for bonce before wicket, but there's nothing doing.
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Thompson's bonce is really impressive, and many polls confirm it at this point.
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Again your gleaming bonce lights the way for us young padwans who a rash and not in tune with The Way.
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