Tunker
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The Tunker was a middle-aged man of probably forty-five or more years.
From In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk by Hezekiah Butterworth
Mrs. Lincoln turned her broad, earnest face toward the Tunker.
From In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk by Hezekiah Butterworth
A Tunker, or Dunker, was one of a sect of German Baptists or Quakers, who were formerly very numerous in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
From In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk by Hezekiah Butterworth
Every one now was eager to visit the same place in the beautiful spring weather, and to "hear what the old Tunker would have to say."
From In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk by Hezekiah Butterworth
The four sat thoughtful—the Tunker, the Indian, the pioneer woman, and the merry, sad-faced boy.
From In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk by Hezekiah Butterworth
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