Pronounced: mass-TEEZH (alt: mass-TEEJ), noun/adj
Notes: My guess was way off one this word
Yesterday’s word
The word lunker means “something very large compared to others of its kind; a very large fish”
First usage
The word showed up in the mid-1800s
Background / Comments
This word showed up in America, so it is thought to be an Americanism, but the origin is not known.
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