Bunkerish

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or reminiscent of a bunker.

    "Hole number one is a rather ordinary dogleg right; a high, bunkerish ridge on the right-hand side of the fairway is the sole unusual feature, but once over this the fairway rolls directly up into the green."

Example

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"Hole number one is a rather ordinary dogleg right; a high, bunkerish ridge on the right-hand side of the fairway is the sole unusual feature, but once over this the fairway rolls directly up into the green."

Etymology

From bunker + -ish. Piecewise doublet of bunkeresque.

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