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Example sentences from the Web for hunkersTo sit on one's hunkers, to sit with the hips hanging downwards, S. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language|John Jamieson I think we can stand the large number of these now known, if the moderate and union Hunkers can be held, as we anticipate. Letters and Literary Memorials of Samuel J. Tilden, v. 1|Samuel J. Tilden Two persons are trussed somewhat like fowls; they then hop about on their “hunkers,” each trying to upset the other. The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol II of II)|Alice Bertha Gomme In the legislature the Barnburners, or "Free-soilers" as they began to be called, outnumbered the Hunkers. Martin Van Buren|Edward M. Shepard
Solemn, almost motionless, squatted on their hunkers, they looked like two great vultures watching an animal die. King--of the Khyber Rifles|Talbot Mundy
Word Origin for hunkersC18: of uncertain origin Words nearby hunkershung-up, Hung-wu, hunk, hunker, hunker down, hunkers, Hunkpapa, hunks, hunky, hunky-dory, Hunner's ulcer Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to hunkershuddle, squat, hunch, cower, wince, grovel, bow, stoop, bend, duck, quail, dip, kneel, hunker down, quat, scrooch down |