Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A calico-printer.
- noun A bungler; one who spoils everything he meddles with.
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Examples
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Ye see, they say Dunbog is nae mair a gentleman than the blunker thats biggit the bonnie house down in the howm.
Chapter III 1917
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'O troth, Laird,' continued Meg, during this by-talk, 'it's but to the like o' you ane can open their heart; ye see, they say Dunbog is nae mair a gentleman than the blunker that's biggit the bonnie house down in the howm.
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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'O troth, Laird,' continued Meg, during this by-talk, 'it's but to the like o' you ane can open their heart; ye see, they say Dunbog is nae mair a gentleman than the blunker that's biggit the bonnie house down in the howm.
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801
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a gentleman than the blunker that's biggit the bonnie house down in the howm.
Guy Mannering — Complete Walter Scott 1801
ruzuzu commented on the word blunker
"1. A bungler; one who spoils everything he meddles with.
2. A calico-printer."
--Century Dictionary
September 10, 2010