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plunker

American  
[pluhng-ker] / ˈplʌŋ kər /

noun

  1. a person or thing that plunks.

  2. Angling. a casting lure that makes a plunking sound upon hitting the surface of the water.


Etymology

Origin of plunker

plunk + -er 1

Example Sentences

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Price started her set with “About to Find Out,” a straight-up country plunker with some of the taunting attitude of “Fist City,” but addressed to a man.

From The New Yorker

The plunkers will use a small Spin-N-Glo with a red bead and trailed on a hook with a small piece of sand shrimp.

From Seattle Times

"But what checks?" says I. "The five thousand plunkers to Mutt & Mudd?"

From Project Gutenberg