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Hunk   /həŋk/   Listen
Hunk

noun
1.
A well-built sexually attractive man.
2.
A large piece of something without definite shape.  Synonym: lump.  "A lump of coal"






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"Hunk" Quotes from Famous Books



... "I don't want the dog following me all through the house. If I touch anything he'll probably take a hunk ...
— The Haunted Bookshop • Christopher Morley

... in a rich brogue, "give us a hunk o' yer 'bacca—this makes the mout' dry"; and Dan chuckled his admiration for the fighting spirit ...
— Dan Merrithew • Lawrence Perry

... Confederacy; but this was abbreviated to Confed., and as a pet name, they called him Fed. Well, Fed was a trained rooster, and would "clean up" a big-foot rooster as soon as he was put in the pit. But Tom always gave Fed every advantage. One day a green-looking country hunk came in with a rooster that he wanted to pit against Fed. He looked like a common rail-splitter. The money was soon made up, and the stakes placed in proper hands. The gaffs were fitted, the roosters were placed in the pit and held until both were sufficiently ...
— "Co. Aytch" - Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment - or, A Side Show of the Big Show • Sam R. Watkins

... and whenever a man got knocked out by a fist and was carted away in the ambulance, the next man on the waiting list was voted into our club to fill the vacancy. We had what is called "family reach" at the table (both in feeding and fighting). Each man cut off a big quivering hunk of roast pork or greasy beef and passed the platter to his neighbor. The landlady stood behind the chairs and directed two colored girls to pour coffee into each cup as it ...
— The Iron Puddler • James J. Davis

... Canadian detached the mutton from the spit, and having cut a large "hunk" from it with his knife passed the joint ...
— Wood Rangers - The Trappers of Sonora • Mayne Reid


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