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Examples
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The entire country, it seems, is in hunker-down mode.
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You didn't use the word hunker and I'm very proud of you.
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How many times did the soon ex-gov. of alaska say "hunker" in her resignation/moving forward speech? too many thats for sure. a person of power (or those wishing to be) should stick to words that are actually IN the dictionary.
Eight months after Election Day, Franken reaches Capitol Hill 2009
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I heard the word "hunker" = squat on your haunches (I think Richard Boone used that in a movie somewhere).
Fads of the Fifties The Nag 2009
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It would be apathetic to kind of hunker down and go with the flow.
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It would be apathetic to just kind of hunker down and go with the flow.
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It would be apathetic to just kind of hunker down and go with the flow.
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It would be apathetic to just kind of hunker down and go with the flow.
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It would be apathetic to just kind of hunker down and go with the flow.
Archive 2009-07-01 News from Mad Plato 2009
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It would be apathetic to just kind of hunker down and go with the flow.
READING BETWEEN THE HONKING COOKINESS AND CASUISTRY News from Mad Plato 2009
mdoar commented on the word hunker
One of Lizzie's favourites.
January 2, 2007
jmjarmstrong commented on the word hunker
JM squats down and applies himself assiduously to defining the good word 'hunker'
February 1, 2009