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hunk

[huhngk]
–noun
1. a large piece or lump; chunk.
2. Slang.
a. a handsome man with a well-developed physique.
b. a large or fat person.

Origin:
1805–15; < D dial. hunke


1. block, gobbet, clod, wad, gob.
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hunk   (hŭngk)   
n.  
  1. Informal A large piece; a chunk: a hunk of fresh bread.

  2. Slang A sexually attractive man with a well-developed physique.


[Perhaps from Flemish hunke, a piece of food.]
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