Definition of "lunker" [lunker]

• Informal Something, especially a game fish, that is large for its kind. (noun)

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• ""We have to be able to determine if a fish that comes out of a lake as a lunker is a fish that we put in there," he said."
• "This water I covered faithfully with as little success as before, and when I had finished, crawled out upon the apron of the dam, and saw, directly underneath, eighteen or twenty trout, ranging from six inches in length to one old "lunker" over twenty."
• "Each person added another $1 each for a prize for the "lunker," or heaviest fish."