Luker

Luker

Luker (from lucre) is idiomatic Australian English for "money".

It can also refer to the following people:

* Luker Luker Rockhold - First Mountain man to come from a town sans mountains.
* Joseph Luker - First police officer to be killed on active duty in Australia
* Kristin Luker - Professor of Sociology at the University of California
* Kelan Luker - Bass player in Submersed, a four-piece alternative metal band from Stephenville, Texas
* Archibald Leonard Luker - Author of the lyrics for Dear Land of Guyana, of Rivers and Plains, national anthem of Guyana
* Nicholas Luker - Lecturer in Russian at the University of Nottingham


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