hunker

verbcrouch

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verb crouch

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hunker down

verb. squat down

Word Origin & History

"to squat, crouch," 1720, Scottish, of uncertain origin, possibly from a Scandinavian source, cf. Old Norse huka "to crouch," hoka, hokra "to crawl." Hunker down, Southern U.S. dialectal phrase, popularized c.1965, from northern British hunker "haunch." Related: Hunkered; hunkering.

Example Sentences for hunker

They had struck it rich on a property they had bought on Hunker.

Hunker reported that they had discovered no trace of the missing man.

"I was going over to Hunker Creek myself," concluded Wodley.

There was a political meeting (Hunker) at the capitol, but I pass'd it by.

The silver-gray whig shakes hands with the hunker democrat; the former only differing from the latter in name.

Why the minister did not see this was a standing problem in Hunker Court.

Be assured that neither you nor the great truths you advocate will be at all harmed by the malignant attacks of the Hunker press.

For though Hunker Court was a mission school, it was quite a superior mission.

So, after being expelled from Hunker Court, Cleg made straight for a nook of his own among the crags.

He had looked to revenge himself upon society for his expulsion from Hunker Court by making a little private fire, and lo!

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