funker

See also: Funker

English

Etymology

funk +‎ -er

Noun

funker (plural funkers)

1. One who funks, or backs out of something due to cowardice.
   • 1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 14, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Florence, Italy: […] Tipografia Giuntina, […]], →OCLC; republished as Lady Chatterley’s Lover (eBook no. 0100181h.html)‎^[1], Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, August 2011, archived from the original on 11 November 2020:

     You say a man's got no brain, when he's a fool: and no heart, when he's mean; and no stomach, when he's a funker. And when he's got none of that spunky wild bit of a man in him, you say he's got no balls.

2. (euphemistic, slang) Bowdlerization of fucker.

   That Funker should be in prison!

Danish

Verb

funker

1. present of funke