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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HUNKERS

HUNKERS Hun "kers, n. pl. [See Hunker. ]

 

Defn: In the phrase on one's hunkers, in a squatting or crouching position. [Scot. & Local, U. S.]

 

Sit on your hunkers -- and pray for the bridge. Kipling.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

hunkers

hun kers |ˈhəNGkərz ˈhəŋkərz | ▶plural noun informal haunches: sitting on his hunkers. ORIGIN mid 18th cent. (originally Scots ): from hunker .

 

Oxford Dictionary

hunkers

hun |kers |ˈhʌŋkəz | ▶plural noun informal haunches: he was sitting on his hunkers. ORIGIN mid 18th cent. (originally Scots ): from hunker .