"hunks" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /hʌŋks/ Audio: En-au-hunks.ogg Forms: hunkses [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌŋks Etymology: Unknown. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-noun}} hunks (plural hunkses)
  1. (slang, dated) A crotchety or surly person. Tags: dated, slang
    Sense id: en-hunks-en-noun-vAwJSRvS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 3 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 4 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 3 6
  2. (slang, dated) A stingy man; a miser. Tags: dated, slang
    Sense id: en-hunks-en-noun-WQljygZ4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /hʌŋks/ Audio: En-au-hunks.ogg
Rhymes: -ʌŋks Etymology: Inflected forms. Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} hunks
  1. plural of hunk Tags: form-of, plural Form of: hunk
    Sense id: en-hunks-en-noun-i-OyVED0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:",
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