lun|ker

lun|ker
lun|ker «LUHNG kuhr», noun.
Informal. something uncommonly large of its kind, especially a game fish: »

The lunkers [are] ... much too sophisticated to be caught by the first stray dude from Peoria or Westmount (Maclean's).

[origin uncertain]

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