- hunkers
- noun plural Date: 1756 haunches
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hunkers
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Hunkers — Hun kers, n. pl. [See {Hunker}.] In the phrase on one s hunkers, in a squatting or crouching position; haunches. [Scot. & Local, U. S.] Sit on your hunkers and pray for the bridge. Kipling. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hunkers — ► PLURAL NOUN informal ▪ haunches. ORIGIN from HUNKER(Cf. ↑hunker) … English terms dictionary
hunkers — noun on your hunkers sitting on your heels with your knees bent up in front of you: The little boy was squatting on his hunkers, completely absorbed in his game … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
hunkers — I A Geordie Dictionary Sitting on haunches II North Country (Newcastle) Words haunches... used by the Northumbrian vulgar only in the sense of sitting on the hunkers … English dialects glossary
hunkers — /ˈhʌŋkəz/ (say hungkuhz) plural noun 1. the haunches. –phrase 2. on one s hunkers, on one s haunches. {hunker + s3} …
Hunkers and Barnburners — Two factions of the New York state Democratic Party in the 19th century. The party split over slavery in the 1840s. The conservative Hunkers (so called by their opponents as those who hunkered or hankered after political office), led by William… … Universalium
Hunkers y Barnburners — Dos facciones del Partido Demócrata en el estado de Nueva York, en el siglo XIX. El partido se dividió en la década de 1840 por diferencias respecto de la esclavitud. Los conservadores Hunkers (llamados así por sus opositores porque anhelaban los … Enciclopedia Universal
hunkers — noun The haunches … Wiktionary
hunkers — n. haunches, buttocks, backside, rumpv. squat down on one s heels … English contemporary dictionary
hunkers — plural noun informal one s haunches. Origin C18 (orig. Scots): from hunker … English new terms dictionary
