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hunkerous

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Hun⋅ker

[huhng-ker]
–noun
a member of the conservative faction in the Democratic party in New York State, 1845–48.
Compare Barnburner.


Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; orig. uncert.


Hun⋅ker⋅ism, noun
Hun⋅ker⋅ous, adjective
Hun⋅ker⋅ous⋅ness, noun
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