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Definition of Hulky

1. Adjective. Of great size and bulk. "Three hulking battleships"

Definition of Hulky

1. Adjective. Large; hulking. ¹

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Definition of Hulky

1. massive [adj HULKIER, HULKIEST] - See also: massive

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hulky

Literary usage of Hulky

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Principles of forensic medicine by William Augustus Guy, David Ferrier (1875)
"... swells and spreads into a hulky ash : odour as of haked apple. ... gives off a dense smoke, and leaves a moderately hulky ash : odour, aromatic and ..."

2. Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and ...by Francis Grose, Hewson Clarke by Francis Grose, Hewson Clarke (1811)
"A society existing in 1748. hulky,or HULKING. A great hulky fellow; an over-grown clumsy lout, or fellow. ..."

3. Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases by Anne Elizabeth Baker (1854)
"1. To loiter about, to spend time lazily. HP hulky, or HULKING. Large, unwieldy. " He's a great, hulky, idle fellow, always loitering and lolloping about. ..."

4. The Medico-chirurgical Review by James Johnson, Henry James Johnson (1830)
"Whatever truth there may he in this remark, we agree with Mr. A. that the hest purgatives are those which procure " a full, hulky, hut not frequent ..."

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