hunky (comparative hunkier, superlative hunkiest)
(slang) Exhibiting strong, masculine beauty.
Shaped like a hunk, or piece; chunky.
(US, slang) All right; in good condition.
(US, slang) even; square; on equal footing with
hunky (plural hunkies)
(North America, slang, ethnic slur) A lower-class person of Hungarian, Romanian, or Slavic, especially Ruthenian, descent.
Source: Wiktionary
Hunk"y, a. [Perh. fr. Hunk.]
Definition: All right; in a good condition; also, even; square. [Slang, U. S.]
He . . . began to shoot; began to get "hunky" with all those people who had been plugging at him. Stephen Crane.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
