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He plunged in, and had gone half-way across when the Evil One, not to be spited, appeared as a huge moss-bunker, vomiting boiling water and lashing a fiery tail.
Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 01: the Hudson and its hills 1879
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"Yes, though usually the birds are glad enough to get a moss-bunker.
The Golf Course Mystery Chester K. Steele
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(n): the menhaden; a fish of the herring family used as bait and for oil and fertilizer. From Dutch marsbanker "horse mackerel".
January 7, 2009