hunky

(huŋ)

noun pl. hunkies

Slang a person from EC Europe or of Hungarian or Slavic extraction: a vulgar term of hostility and contempt
also sp. hunkie, hunkey

Origin: ? altered < Hungarian

adjective hunkier, hunkiest

Slang of, like, or characteristic of a hunk (sense )

See hunky in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. hun·kies
Offensive Slang
Used as a disparaging term for a person, especially a laborer, from east-central Europe.

Origin:

Origin: Probably shortening and alteration of bohunk

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adjective hunk·i·er, hunk·i·est
Slang
Having a well-developed physique; sexually attractive.

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