balker

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balker

Rhymes with -ɔːkə(ɹ)

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From balk + -er.

noun balkers

Someone or something that balks; a naysayer.
obsolete A person who stands on a rock or eminence to observe shoals of herring, etc., and to give notice to the men in boats which way they pass. The Pilcherd are pursued and deuoured by a bigger kinde of fish, called a Plusher, being somewhat like the Dog-fish, who leapeth now and then aboue water, and therethrough bewrayeth them to the Balker […]
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@misc{balker_2026,
  title = {balker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/balker},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}