lunker
Americannoun
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something unusually large for its kind.
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Angling. a very large game fish, especially a bass.
Etymology
Origin of lunker
An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; origin obscure
Example Sentences
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Trout gear but no lunker: The Angels return from the road to begin a series with the Detroit Tigers on June 17 at Angel Stadium, and they are pushing for a sellout.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2021
"Greg Hackney put up 16 bass in period 1," the announcer says, "including the Berkley Big Bass, a 3-pound, 10-ounce La Crosse lunker."
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 16, 2020
This is great news for the lunker fisherman and continued reputation of producing the biggest largemouths in Texas.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 9, 2019
Rash is an enormously gifted storyteller who knows exactly how to keep the dramatic tension in his fiction as taut as a fly line with a lunker on the hook.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 2, 2015
“Somebody stole all the fish out of the lunker pool.”
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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