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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Hunker

/hŭng'-kẽr/ · Hun·ker · IPA /ˈhʌŋkɚ/
01 n. Originally, a nickname for a member of the conservative section of the Democratic party in New York; hence, one opposed to progress in gene…
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    Originally, a nickname for a member of the conservative section of the Democratic party in New York; hence, one opposed to progress in general; a fogy.[Political Cant, U.S.]