Dunker
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Dunker
An Americanism first recorded in 1705–15; from Pennsylvania Dutch; see dunk, -er 1
Example Sentences
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Boyle, Lucas Dunker Jr. and Dean Janikowski are the main candidates to replace WSU’s three-year starter, Mazza.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 6, 2021
The Iowa Restaurant Association president Jessica Dunker criticized the plan in a voicemail and later phone call with Larson and told him in an email, “You can imagine my distress.”
From Washington Times ● Jun. 26, 2020
“People want to just relax from the violence in the world and what’s on the news,” says Dunker.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 26, 2019
Hours of ferocious charges and countercharges around sites known simply as “the Cornfield,” “the Dunker Church,” and “Bloody Lane” took 12,000 Union and 10,000 Confederate casualties.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
She had saved them a trip to the bottom of the pool because she had conquered the Dilbert Dunker, a water survival test for astronaut candidates.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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