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Definition of Honkers
1. honker [n] - See also: honker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Honkers
Literary usage of Honkers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1917)
"Several times I have had flocks of the light and dark " honkers " feeding ...
A few remain with the " honkers " all winter and one or two can usually be ..."
2. Outing (1893)
"... necessary to pierce the feathery mail of the strong honkers at long range.
This is sheer rubbish. I will, of course, admit that a heavy ten- gauge, ..."
3. Jist Huntin': Tales of the Forest, Field and Stream by John Baptiste de Macklot Thompson (1921)
"... VII After Canadian honkers LONG before I should have discontinued the journey
to the goose country had it not been for the urgings of Bob. ..."
4. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1859)
"... on the contrary, a bridge has been built to guard against such melancholy
accidents in future; and as to moss-honkers, they are held in such abhorrence ..."
5. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1851)
"... on the contrary, a bridge has been built to guard against such melancholy
accidents in future—and as to moss-honkers, they are held in such abhorrence, ..."
6. American Politics: Political Parties and Party Problems in the United States by James Albert Woodburn (1903)
"... So« by all the New York Democrats, following the honkers." leadership of Van
Buren. A resolution favoring the Wilmot Proviso was carried in the New York ..."
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