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Definition of Hunks
1. n. A covetous, sordid man; a miser; a niggard.
Definition of Hunks
1. Noun. (slang dated) A crotchety or surly person; also, a stingy man, a miser. ¹
2. Noun. (plural of hunk) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hunks
1. hunk [n] - See also: hunk
Medical Definition of Hunks
1. A covetous, sordid man; a miser; a niggard. "Pray make your bargain with all the prudence and selfishness of an old hunks." (Gray) Origin: Etymol. Uncertain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hunks
Literary usage of Hunks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Modern British Drama: In Five Volumes by Sir Walter Scott, Walter Scott (1811)
"hunks. Oh ! we may compass it yet — Here's a groove you see — Shews 'tis a slider.
... [At the mouth of the vault to hunks Har. [Softly opening her window. ..."
2. Antigua and the Antiguans: a Full Account of the Colony and Its Inhabitants by Flannigan, Mrs Lanaghan (1844)
"History of the island continued — Sir Henry hunks—Descent of the Caribs—Legend
of Ding-a-ding Nook—Arrival of the ship Nonsuch —Sir Thomas ..."
3. The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies by Antonio de Alcedo, George Alexander Thompson (1812)
"[IRON hunks, a tract of land on the e. side of •flic Mississippi, below (he mouth
of the Ohio.] [Inox Mountains, GREAT, in the state of Tennessee, ..."
4. The London Theatre: A Collection of the Most Celebrated Dramatic Pieces by Thomas Dibdin (1815)
"hunks. I will strike while you pinch. Gripe. It comes. hunks, It comes. Both.
... So! tint talk's finished, and the treasure's our own. hunks ..."
5. The reader's handbook of allusions, references, plots and stories by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1882)
"... an avaricious old hunks, and father of George Philpot. The old City merchant
cannot speak а sentence without bringing in something about money. ..."
6. The History of the County of Dublin by John D'Alton (1838)
"On the walls, erica syl- vestris vulgaris, common wild rocket.—And on the hunks
of the canal hence to ..."
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