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hunks

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hunks  (hngks)
pl.n. (used with a sing. verb)
A disagreeable and often miserly person.
[Origin unknown.]
hunks [hʌŋks]
n (functioning as singular) Rare
1. a crotchety old person
2. a miserly person
[of unknown origin]
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