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hulking, a. colloq.|ˈhʌlkɪŋ|
[f. hulk n.2 4 + -ing2.]
Bulky, unwieldy; clumsy or ungainly on account of great bulk.
1698E. Ward Lond. Spy xiv. 324 (Farmer) Up in the Chimney Corner sat a great Hulking Fellow. 1767H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1859) II. 165 You are grown a huge hulking fellow since I saw you last. 1806–7J. Beresford Miseries Hum. Life (1826) xvi. 97 Rummaging over the two hulking volumes. 1854H. Miller Sch. & Schm. xvi. (1857) 351 He could scarce make himself heard over half the area of his large, hulking chapel. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 108 A great hulking son ought not to be a burden on his parents. |