sunkern.
/ˈsʌŋkə/, U.S. /ˈsəŋkər/, Canadian English /ˈsʌŋkər/ Newfoundland.
A submerged rock.
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1896 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 9 33 Among the peculiar words connected with the fishing I note the following:..sunker, a breaker.
1912 H. W. LeMessurier in J. Murphy Old Songs Newfoundland 6/2 We'll rant and we'll roar on deck and below, Until we see bottom inside the two sunkers.
1951 Newfoundland & Labrador Pilot 1 134 Duck Road shoal, about 4 cables north-eastward of Eastern head and Anchor Cove Sunkers.
1966 A. R. Scammell My Newfoundland 63 The words don't seem to have a clear channel from me brain to me lips. Too many sunkers for 'em to ground on, I spose.
2006 F. Mowat Bay of Spirits (2007) 270 Either I erred or the current took us astray for we found ourselves enmeshed in a maze of sunkers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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