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Definition of Hunkered
1. hunker [v] - See also: hunker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hunkered
Literary usage of Hunkered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Island Song Lyrics Volume 3 by Larry W. Jones (2004)
"... the bombs are raining down just like they said I guess the world will frown
unless they're dead I found a peaceful place to bunker down I'm hunkered ..."
2. Lincoln in the Telegraph Office: Recollections of the United States Military by David Homer Bates (1907)
"The President turned and said,"My young friend, have I hunkered you out of ...
Having heard the word "hunkered" used in the sense of elbowing one out of his ..."
3. A Glossary of North Country Words, with Their Etymology, and Affinity to by John Trotter Brockett, William Edward Brockett (1846)
"This wheat is sadly hunkered." HUNKERS, haunches. This word seems used by the
Northumbrian vulgar only in the sense of sitting on the hunkers; that is, ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"HUNDRED-FALD, the yellow bedstraw, Galium verum. HUNK, a large, mis-shapen piece.
"A hunh o' breed." hunkered, elbowed, bowed, crooked. ..."
5. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1910)
"... party had burned the barn to drive these rats from the ' public granary, and
hence the name. The Hunkers hunkered ' after office, and hence their name. ..."
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