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Definition of Hunching
1. hunch [v] - See also: hunch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hunching
Literary usage of Hunching
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Outdoor Handy Book by Daniel Carter Beard (1900)
"hunching means shoving your hand over the mark as you shoot. hunching is unfair,
and if a good shot is made and the player making it is caught in the act of ..."
2. Reprinted Glossaries by Walter William Skeat (1879)
"Modern Husbandman, HI. i. 85. Also the outer covering of beechnuts.—Id., i. 38.
hunching. Shoving. The ' lambs hunching and butting her bag. ..."
3. Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall by Margaret Ann Courtney, Thomas Quiller Couch (1880)
"85. Also the outer covering of beechnuts.—Id., i. 38. hunching. Shoving. The 'lambs
hunching and butting her bag. ..."
4. Everyday Adventures by Samuel Scoville (1920)
"hunching its long neck far down between its shoulders, it suddenly thrust it up
... Suddenly the bittern stopped and, hunching its neck, stepped stealthily, ..."
5. On the Cosmic Relations by Henry Holt (1914)
"Why, mother, I am not hunching you, I am hunched myself.' Hundreds have testified
that while attending the seances they have been touched by a hand, ..."
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