What is in the phrase on one's hunkers, in a squatting or crouching position. [Scot. & Local, U. S.] Sit on your hunkers -- and pray for the bridge. Kipling called?
hunkers — In the phrase on one's hunkers, in a squatting or crouching position. [Scot. & Local, U. S.] Sit on your hunkers -- and pray for the bridge. Kipling. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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