lunkern.
/ˈlʌŋkə/, U.S. /ˈləŋkər/ North American colloquial.
An animal, esp. a fish, which is an exceptionally large example of its species; a ‘whopper’. Also attributive.
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1912 Dial. Notes 3 582 Isn't that calf a lunker.
1920 Outing July 197 I said that I caught trout in a tin pan, and here's the proof. This old lunker of a rainbow gave me a bath.
1947 Sports Afield Dec. 21/1 A bronzed lunker came out of the shadowy depths and smashed the pigskin.
1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Feb. 33/5 The area has been dubbed lunker country and anglers find it's more than just a slogan.
1972 Angling Times 6 Apr. 14/3 I shall be going out..in search of these lunker bass.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1912- to throw shade
- to throw sidelight on
- to throw someone a curveball
- to throw someone a fall
- to throw someone off guard
- to throw someone on the slagheap
- to throw someone out on etc ass
- to throw someone out on her ass
- to throw someone out on his ass
- to throw something back in a person's face
- to throw something in one's dish
- to throw something on the slagheap
- to throw the baby out with the bath
- to throw the baby out with the bathwater
- to throw the bones
- to throw the book at a person
- to throw the bridle in a person's neck
- to throw the bridle on a person's neck
- to throw the gauntlet
- to throw the handkerchief
- to throw the handkerchief at
- to throw the handkerchief to
- to throw the handle after the hatchet
- to throw the hatchet
- to throw the hatchet after the helve