hunkers

/ ˈhʌŋkəz /

plural noun

1. haunches

Word History and Origins

Origin of hunkers¹

C18: of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

Yer whar Brer B'ar bin squattin' on he hunkers, en dar de print w'ich he aint got no tail.

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Delegates were chosen to the national convention to oppose the Hunkers.

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I think we can stand the large number of these now known, if the moderate and union Hunkers can be held, as we anticipate.

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The "Hunkers," conservative and influential, were so called from the Dutch "honk," which signifies "station" or "home."

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In the legislature the Barnburners, or "Free-soilers" as they began to be called, outnumbered the Hunkers.

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