flunkern.
/ˈflʌŋkə/ U.S.
a. One who fails in an examination.
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flunker1895
1895 W. C. Gore in Inlander Nov. 62 Flunker, one who habitually fails in recitations.
1948 Chicago Daily News 25 Oct. 23/2 Remember the college ‘flunker’... Michigan school authorities have declared colleges are jammed with these misfits who can't make the grade academically.
b. One who causes candidates to fail.
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society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > examiner
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flunker1910
1910 O. Johnson Varmint i. 14 ‘What had he done to you?’ said Jimmy, winking at Mr. Hopkins,..master of the Latin line and distinguished flunker of boys.
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