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Definition of Hunkers
1. n. pl. In the phrase on one's hunkers, in a squatting or crouching position.
Definition of Hunkers
1. Verb. (third-person singular of hunker) ¹
2. Noun. (dated) (plural of hunker) ¹
3. Noun. The haunches ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hunkers
1. hunker [v] - See also: hunker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hunkers
Literary usage of Hunkers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"hunkers, Old hunkers—contd. 1848 When Mr. Polk came fully and ... 1112, App.
(The whole speech is full of allusions to the hunkers and the Barnburners. ..."
2. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1910)
"The first cause of rupture, he said, was the attempt of the hunkers to get and
to hold all ... The hunkers hunkered after office, and hence their name. ..."
3. The History of Tammany Hall by Gustavus Myers (1917)
"The term " hunkers " arose from their characteristic of striving to keep their
offices to the exclusion of everybody else —" to get all they can and keep ..."
4. Autobiography of William H. Seward, from 1801 to 1834: With a Memoir of His by William Henry Seward, Frederick William Seward (1877)
"They stigmatized their opponents as "Old hunkers," in view of their ...
Lieutenant-Governor Dickinson was leading the " Old hunkers," and Colonel Young, ..."
5. Dictionary of Americanisms. by John Russell Bartlett (1877)
"hunkers. Those who cling to the homestead or to old principles. ... Ha is now
the leader of the hunkers of Missouri, — a noble band, with just seven ..."
6. Life and Times of Silas Wright, Late Governor of the State of New York by Jabez Delano Hammond (1848)
"It may be safely asserted, that when the subject of a convention was first
agitated, the hunkers were opposed to any convention, and with them, ..."
7. The History of Political Parties in the State of New-York: From the by Jabez Delano Hammond, Erastus Root (1849)
"It may be safely asserted, that when the subject of a convention was first
agitated, the hunkers were opposed to any convention, and with them, ..."
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