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scunner [< scun, v.] Nfld 
n. See 1956 quote.
See also: barrelman
- 1924 Up aloft in a conning tower is Dr. Grenfell with the "scunner" as he is called. . . .
- 1953 We found that Stephen was at the wheel, and Jimmie was the Scunner.
- 1956 From the seal-fishery we get . . . scunn, to direct a sealing vessel from the barrel, hence scunner, assistant to the master of a watch. . . .
- 1924 Up aloft in a conning tower is Dr. Grenfell with the "scunner" as he is called. . . .