See whacker in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1963, George Blaikie, Scandals of Australia's Strange Past, Adelaide: Rigby Limited, page 117:",
"text": "Joe was just about the best Australian heavyweight at the time, a very tough customer in his own right. He didn't have any science, but he was a mighty whacker.",
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"One who, or something which, whacks."
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"Synonym of whopper (“anything large”)."
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"(informal) Synonym of whopper (“anything large”)."
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"ref": "1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days:",
"text": "\"Oh, there's a whacker!\" cried East; \"we haven't been within a hundred yards of his barn; we haven't been up here above ten minutes, and we've seen nothing but a tough old guinea-hen, who ran like a greyhound.\"",
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"ref": "1908, Morley Roberts, “The Captain of the Ullswater”, in The Blue Peter:",
"text": "But all the while Captain Amos Brown was telling whackers that would have done credit to Baron Munchausen, he was really thinking of how he was to save those whose passage to a port not named in any bills of lading looked almost certain.",
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"Synonym of whopper (“an outrageous or blatant lie”)."
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"(informal) Synonym of whopper (“an outrageous or blatant lie”)."
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"A radio amateur who is keenly interested in emergency response and may travel to the sites of emergencies."
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"(slang) A radio amateur who is keenly interested in emergency response and may travel to the sites of emergencies."
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"ipa": "/ˈwækə(ɹ)/"
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"ipa": "/ˈʍækə(ɹ)/"
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