Meaning & use
Lunker
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Informal term, especially in fishing, for an unusually large specimen of its kind.
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He reeled in a lunker of a bass that nearly snapped his line.
The lake is famous among anglers for producing the occasional lunker trout.
A note on using this word
Mostly used in American fishing slang, 'lunker' can occasionally describe any impressively large object, not just fish.
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