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bohunk N. Amer. slang.|ˈbəʊhʌŋk|
[App. f. Bohemian + -hunk, alt. of hungarian.]
A derogatory term for a Hungarian; an immigrant from central or south-eastern Europe, esp. one of inferior class; hence, a low rough fellow, a lout. Also attrib.
1903Cincinnati Enquirer 9 May 13/1 Bohunk—A Bohemian; a foreigner. 1910Butte (Mont.) Even. News 24 July 1 The bohunk miner is a low grade foreigner who buys his job from the foreman and pays him for keeping it. 1914G. Atherton Perch of Devil i. 58 The ‘Bohunks’, or ‘dark men’, an inferior class of Southern Europeans. 1921Chambers's Jrnl. 848/2 To condemn his girl to a yellow bohunk like Milroy. 1927Daily Tel. 24 May 17/6 A contractor for railroad ties employing hundreds of the roughest of bohunks to hew and carry them for him. 1930J. Dos Passos 42nd Parallel i. 82 Bohunk and polak kids put stones in their snowballs. 1963H. Garner in R. Weaver Canad. Short Stories 2nd Ser. (1968) 52 If you and that bohunk partner of yours had checked the gang press as you're supposed to, Colby mightn't have spoiled so many pieces. |