hunks
(hŭngks)pl.n. (used with a sing. verb) A disagreeable and often miserly person.
[Origin unknown.]
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hunks
(hʌŋks) n (
functioning as singular)
1. a crotchety old person
2. a miserly person
[C17: of unknown origin]
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hunks
(hʌŋks)
n., pl. hunks. 1. a crabbed, disagreeable person.
2. a covetous, stingy person; miser.
[1595–1605; orig. uncertain]
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