Tunker

[ tuhng-ker ]

/ ˈtʌŋ kər /

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What does “clement” mean?

The Tunker lifted his hand and said grace, after which the family sat down to the table.
In The Boyhood of Lincoln|Hezekiah Butterworth
A beautiful evening followed the tempest gust, and the Lincolns and the old Tunker sat down to a humble meal.
In The Boyhood of Lincoln|Hezekiah Butterworth
Mrs. Lincoln turned her broad, earnest face toward the Tunker.
In The Boyhood of Lincoln|Hezekiah Butterworth
One morning Jasper the Tunker appeared in the clearing before her cabin.
In The Boyhood of Lincoln|Hezekiah Butterworth

The Tunker was a middle-aged man of probably forty-five or more years.
In The Boyhood of Lincoln|Hezekiah Butterworth