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Synonyms for hunker

Grammar : Verb
Spell : huhng-ker
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhʌŋ kər

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Définition of hunker

Origin :
  • "to squat, crouch," 1720, Scottish, of uncertain origin, possibly from a Scandinavian source, cf. Old Norse huka "to crouch," hoka, hokra "to crawl." Hunker down, Southern U.S. dialectal phrase, popularized c.1965, from northern British hunker "haunch." Related: Hunkered; hunkering.
  • verb crouch
Example sentences :
  • They had struck it rich on a property they had bought on Hunker.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • Hunker reported that they had discovered no trace of the missing man.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Son » by Burt L. Standish
  • "I was going over to Hunker Creek myself," concluded Wodley.
  • Extract from : « To Alaska for Gold » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • There was a political meeting (Hunker) at the capitol, but I pass'd it by.
  • Extract from : « Complete Prose Works » by Walt Whitman
  • The silver-gray whig shakes hands with the hunker democrat; the former only differing from the latter in name.
  • Extract from : « My Bondage and My Freedom » by Frederick Douglass
  • Why the minister did not see this was a standing problem in Hunker Court.
  • Extract from : « Cleg Kelly, Arab of the City » by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
  • Be assured that neither you nor the great truths you advocate will be at all harmed by the malignant attacks of the Hunker press.
  • Extract from : « Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 7 (of 20) » by Charles Sumner
  • For though Hunker Court was a mission school, it was quite a superior mission.
  • Extract from : « Cleg Kelly, Arab of the City » by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
  • So, after being expelled from Hunker Court, Cleg made straight for a nook of his own among the crags.
  • Extract from : « Cleg Kelly, Arab of the City » by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
  • He had looked to revenge himself upon society for his expulsion from Hunker Court by making a little private fire, and lo!
  • Extract from : « Cleg Kelly, Arab of the City » by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

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