plunger

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains
noun someone who dives (into water)
noun hand tool consisting of a stick with a rubber suction cup at one end; used to clean clogged drains

From plunge + -er.

I heard one tall Plunger, in a marvellously new panoply, lisp to another, as he checked his beautiful black horse for a moment in passing. — Under the Red Dragon: A Novel, James Grant
Not a plunger, you know; but one of those pursy, far-seeing fellows who always put their money on the right number and wait patiently until it wins. — That Girl Montana, Marah Ellis Ryan
12) shows an approved tool, and this is so constructed that it can instantly be changed and set by merely pressing the end of the plunger as shown. — Practical Mechanics for Boys, James Slough Zerbe

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