bohunk

American

[boh-huhngk] / ˈboʊˌhʌŋk /

noun

Slang.

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.
a rough, stupid person.

bohunk British

/ ˈbəʊˌhʌŋk /

noun

offensive a labourer from east or central Europe

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Sensitive Note

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

Etymology

Origin of bohunk

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

Example Sentences

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As her love interest, Ed Westwick has a strapping bohunk quality that is appealing to a degree that is as limited as his acting.

From Salon

Movie tradition and Leslie Dixon's clever script ordain that Joanna follow Dean into the sea, lose her memory, wind up humiliated in his hovel with his four grungy sons and, presto!, fall in love with her vengeful bohunk.

From Time Magazine Archive

Son of Puritans, he was raised among "that prairie tribe, conglomerate of Dutchman, Bohunk, Railroad Irish and Indiana Yankee" in Nebraska and Kansas.

From Time Magazine Archive

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