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bohunk

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bo⋅hunk

  [boh-huhngk]
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–noun
1. Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. an unskilled or semiskilled foreign-born laborer, esp. from east central or southeastern Europe. Compare hunky 2 .
2. a rough, stupid person.
Origin:
1900–05, Americanism; Bo(hemian) + Hung(arian), with devoicing of the g
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bo·hunk   (bō'hŭngk)   
n.   Offensive Slang
Used as a disparaging term for a person from east-central Europe, especially a laborer.

[Bo(hemian) + alteration of Hung(arian).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Main Entry:  bohunk
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  See beauhunk
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