bohunk

[ boh-huhngk ]

nounSlang.
  1. Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to an unskilled or semiskilled foreign-born laborer, especially from east central or southeastern Europe.: Compare hunky3.

  2. a rough, stupid person.

Origin of bohunk

1
1900–05, Americanism;Bo(hemian) + Hung(arian), with devoicing of the g

usage note For bohunk

This term originally referred to Hungarian immigrants, and later to Czechs, Poles, and other Slavs.

Words Nearby bohunk

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How to use bohunk in a sentence

  • This one is for that bohunk thats down there under the rocks.

    The Snow-Burner | Henry Oyen

British Dictionary definitions for bohunk

bohunk

/ (ˈbəʊˌhʌŋk) /


noun
  1. US and Canadian offensive, slang a labourer from east or central Europe

Origin of bohunk

1
C20: blend of Bo (hemian) + Hung (arian), with alteration of g to k

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