plunker
n.— «Still fishermen, or “plunkers” in fishing parlance, who do well on high but falling flows, were scoring good catches of fish by Tuesday on the north coast.» —“Outdoors Report: Hopes rise as rivers drop” by Greg Johnston Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, Washington) Jan. 11, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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