bohunk

[ 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.Compare hunky2.
a rough, stupid person.

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Origin of bohunk

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

bohr magneton, bohr radius, bohr theory, bohr, niels, bohrium, bohunk, boi, boiardo, boieldieu, boil, boil away
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British Dictionary definitions for bohunk

bohunk
/ (ˈbəʊˌhʌŋk) /

noun

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

Word Origin for bohunk

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