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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Slang Perfectly satisfactory; fine.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Same as hunky, hunk, 2.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition

Etymologies

  1. Probably alteration of hunky, safe, all right, from obsolete hunk, goal, home in a game, from Dutch honk, from Frisian hunk. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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