hunks

Etymology 1

Unknown.

noun

  1. (slang, dated) A crotchety or surly person.
    Now, Bildad, I am sorry to say, had the reputation of being an incorrigible old hunks, and in his sea-going days, a bitter, hard task-master. 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
  2. (slang, dated) A stingy man; a miser.

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

noun

  1. plural of hunk

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