See bohunk on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "Probably Bohemian + Hungarian. Compare hunk, hunky, honky.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "bohunks",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
"_dis": "52 48",
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"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "64 36",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "67 33",
"kind": "other",
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 287:",
"text": "I know you're surprised that I live in a Czech neighborhood. But my father-in-law, a smart old Jew, bought investment property in this nice safe Bohunk district.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An immigrant from Central Europe, Eastern Europe, or the Balkans, especially one who is regarded as vain, aggressively masculine, and socially unsophisticated."
],
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"Canada",
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[
"US",
"American English"
],
[
"ethnic",
"ethnic"
],
[
"slur",
"slur"
],
[
"immigrant",
"immigrant"
],
[
"Central Europe",
"Central Europe"
],
[
"Eastern Europe",
"Eastern Europe"
],
[
"Balkans",
"Balkans"
],
[
"vain",
"vain"
],
[
"masculine",
"masculine"
],
[
"unsophisticated",
"unsophisticated"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Canada, US, ethnic slur) An immigrant from Central Europe, Eastern Europe, or the Balkans, especially one who is regarded as vain, aggressively masculine, and socially unsophisticated."
],
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"US",
"ethnic",
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"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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],
"glosses": [
"A brawny or coarse person."
],
"id": "en-bohunk-en-noun-R9cKJ4cg",
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[
"Canada",
"Canada"
],
[
"US",
"American English"
],
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"brawny",
"brawny"
],
[
"coarse",
"coarse"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Canada, US, derogatory) A brawny or coarse person."
],
"tags": [
"Canada",
"US",
"derogatory"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈboʊhʌŋk/"
}
],
"word": "bohunk"
}
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_text": "Probably Bohemian + Hungarian. Compare hunk, hunky, honky.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "bohunks",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"English ethnic slurs",
"English terms with quotations"
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"ref": "1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 287:",
"text": "I know you're surprised that I live in a Czech neighborhood. But my father-in-law, a smart old Jew, bought investment property in this nice safe Bohunk district.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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],
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"Canada",
"Canada"
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[
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"American English"
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"ethnic",
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],
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"slur",
"slur"
],
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"immigrant",
"immigrant"
],
[
"Central Europe",
"Central Europe"
],
[
"Eastern Europe",
"Eastern Europe"
],
[
"Balkans",
"Balkans"
],
[
"vain",
"vain"
],
[
"masculine",
"masculine"
],
[
"unsophisticated",
"unsophisticated"
]
],
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"(Canada, US, ethnic slur) An immigrant from Central Europe, Eastern Europe, or the Balkans, especially one who is regarded as vain, aggressively masculine, and socially unsophisticated."
],
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"US",
"ethnic",
"slur"
]
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{
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"Canadian English",
"English derogatory terms"
],
"glosses": [
"A brawny or coarse person."
],
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[
"Canada",
"Canada"
],
[
"US",
"American English"
],
[
"derogatory",
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],
[
"brawny",
"brawny"
],
[
"coarse",
"coarse"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Canada, US, derogatory) A brawny or coarse person."
],
"tags": [
"Canada",
"US",
"derogatory"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈboʊhʌŋk/"
}
],
"word": "bohunk"
}
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