bohunk
[ boh-huhngk ]
nounSlang.
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.
a rough, stupid person.
Origin of bohunk
1usage note For bohunk
This term originally referred to Hungarian immigrants, and later to Czechs, Poles, and other Slavs.
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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
US and Canadian offensive, slang a labourer from east or central Europe
Origin of bohunk
1C20: blend of Bo (hemian) + Hung (arian), with alteration of g to k
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