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Definition of Hunkies
1. hunky [n] - See also: hunky
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hunkies
Literary usage of Hunkies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Trail of the Immigrant by Edward Alfred Steiner (1906)
"XIV DRIFTING WITH THE "hunkies" THE great city had not been kind to them.
For three weeks they had been beaten back and forth all the length and breadth of ..."
2. Immigration and Labor: The Economic Aspects of European Immigration to the by Isaac Aaronovich Hourwich (1912)
"The upper stratum includes what is known in mill parlance as the 'English-speaking
men'; the lower contains the 'hunkies' or ..."
3. The Steel Workers by John Andrews Fitch (1911)
""Ginny" seems to include all the " hunkies" with the Italians thrown in.
The clearest division, then, runs between these two groups—the one largely * Bridge ..."
4. A Life for a Life by Robert Herrick (1910)
""Only the rawest labor is used there," his guide remarked, "' hunkies.' They are
fed to the flames by the dozen because it is cheaper in this rich country ..."
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